Camping & Hiking · Water Sports · Ontario
A small, quiet, non-electrical campground on a little lake in Algonquin Park, Ontario, close to Rock Lake's showers and the Booth Rock trail. Not a swimming lake, and one recent visitor had a bad run-in with park staff.
Raccoon Lake Campground is one of the smaller campgrounds in Algonquin Provincial Park, set on a small lake away from the Highway 60 road noise. Campers describe it as peaceful and private, with spacious sites and no electrical hookups, and even on a fully booked long weekend it stayed quiet.
Facilities on site are basic, and several reviewers suggest driving about three minutes to Rock Lake, where the comfort stations have hot showers, flush toilets and outlets for charging phones. Some campers had cell service at their sites. One noted there was only one picnic table on their site, and that the walk down to the water can be steep.
The lake is fine for kayaking and some fishing, and canoes can be rented and delivered to your site. Most visitors head to Rock Lake for the Booth Rock trail, whose lookout reviewers loved, and for better beaches. Families and first-time Algonquin campers enjoyed the quiet evenings by the fire.
Campers who tried it say the lake is not great for swimming: the water is still, the bottom is mucky and mosquitoes gather on the surface. Nights can drop to single digits, so bring warm layers. Fire bans do happen late in summer. The most recent review describes a trip cut short after a dispute with a park warden, so know the park rules before you arrive.
Summarised from visitor reviews on Google Maps. Based on 72 Google reviews. Details change — confirm hours, prices and bookings with Raccoon Lake Campground directly.
