Camping & Hiking · Scenic Views · Water Sports · Quebec
A Quebec national park on Lac Saint-François, about two hours from Quebec City, with well-kept hiking and cycling trails, ready-to-camp yurts, canoe camping and boat rentals. Busy on weekends.
Parc national de Frontenac stretches along Lac Saint-François, around two hours from Quebec City, and visitors describe it as big, beautiful and full of wildlife. Deer, frogs, chipmunks and birds are common but keep their distance. Campgrounds such as Baie-des-Sables have large, spacious areas and clean washrooms.
Staff are described as helpful and relaxed, and the park offers ready-to-camp yurts as well as regular sites and cottages. Its canoe camping packages get strong reviews: well organised, with firewood supplied and a clean outhouse shared among a few sites, and routes for both beginners and more experienced paddlers.
Hiking and cycling trails are well maintained, and you can rent bikes, canoes, kayaks, paddleboards and pedal boats. There are kids' activities and playgrounds for families, and some visitors spend the day out on the lake.
Weekends are busy and can be loud, with kids and dogs, so some regulars prefer weekdays. Avoid sites closest to the dump stations if you're sensitive to smells. One visitor years ago found the trail information unreliable, with a flooded trailhead and a loop that wasn't a loop, so ask about current trail conditions. One reviewer found the beach fairly ordinary.
Summarised from visitor reviews on Google Maps. Based on 924 Google reviews. Details change — confirm hours, prices and bookings with Frontenac National Park directly.
