Camping & Hiking · Fishing · Scenic Views · Alberta
Bow River Campground
A riverside campground near Canmore, AB with mountain views, clean sites and friendly hosts, but steady highway noise, token showers and no sewer dump or laundry.
What visitors say
Bow River Campground sits along the river close to Canmore, and the sites backing onto the water are the ones reviewers rave about, with mountain views and room for a campfire. Several campers describe the grounds as clean, quiet within the campground and well maintained, and one RV family watched neighbours fishing from their site.
The hosts get warm praise for being welcoming and explaining everything on arrival. Washrooms are generally described as clean. Showers take tokens bought at the office, which one camper found had limited and inconsistent hours, and reports on the showers themselves range from well kept to weak and cold, at about $3 for five minutes.
Being right off the highway makes Canmore and the surrounding mountain country very easy to reach, which suits RVers and road-trippers wanting a convenient base.
Highway noise is the most common complaint, heard day and night; some guests didn't mind it and others found it significant. There's no sewer dump and no laundry, washrooms are limited, and one visitor felt that at around $51 a night with showers and firewood extra it was poor value. Pick a river-backing site, sort out shower tokens early, and bring earplugs if you're a light sleeper.
Summarised from visitor reviews on Google Maps. Based on 462 Google reviews. Details change — confirm hours, prices and bookings with Bow River Campground directly.