📅 Date Visited:
July 25-27, 2025
🛶 Type of Site:
Electric and Water Hookup
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🔥 Site #:
199
🗺️ Campground Overview:
We booked at Craigleith on what I am guessing was someones cancellation. Since we purchased our trailer after camping reservations had been open for a long time, there haven’t been a ton of campgrounds that have had vacancies when we are available. One minute there was no availability, and then all of a sudden site 199 was open for the weekend we were interested in!
Collingwood and the Blue Mountains area is a beautiful location. I was excited to camp in this area, and spend some time “up north”.
Craigleith is small, and has 157 campsites offering non-serviced sites as well as electric only, and some sites that have electric and water hook up. We were on an electric and water hook up site, that was also on the edge of Georgian Bay.
The whole park took us about 8 minutes to walk from one end, to the other. It was very small, and very tight. I wouldn’t suggest bringing larger trailers here unless you can book something in the Area C and D spots. Even then, it’s tight!
Our site was about 30′ x 20′ and had trees to the right side of the site (if looking from the road), and nothing blocking us from our neighbours on the left side (other than their giant trailer). The water hook-up would randomly purge, and spray water on the electrical hook up pole. The fire pit was located at the rear of the site, in the middle of the path to the lake. The fire pit was also located directly under a tree, with the canopy of the tree about 15′ over the fire pit. Basically – the site was just large enough for the trailer, our truck and a small amount of room for our gear (Table, chairs, picnic table, etc).
⭐ Overall Rating:
Ex: 5.75 / 10
Campsites 
– 5/10: A lot of the sites have minimal privacy (which you know about when booking), however the images don’t do justice to show how little privacy there is. Electrical sites share hook ups (2 sites per hookup, typically positioned at the back centre), however if the sites were empty, together they would look like one large site as there is nothing between the two to show boundary. The fire pits for a lot of the sites on the water were located in the back middle of the site, blocking the pathway to the water.
Beach 
– 7/10: There is a lot of shoreline here, however it is all rock. There is no sandy beach, or sandy entrance to the water. There are large shale and limestone rocks that enter the water. They are very slippery when wet, and rubber water shoes didn’t make much of a difference. The rocks slowly get deeper and deeper until you reach the edge and then the water becomes very deep, instantly. It is beautiful, and made for great chair lounging while Layne was fishing, but I prefer a sand beach.
Park Store 
– 6/10: The park is old, and so is the store. The store acts as the registration area, as well as wood and ice purchasing, and some items you may have forgotten or need. The staff are friendly, however it is dated and it shows.
Registration 📝 – 5/10: You need to register before you can get into the gates of the park. The only pull over area is in the day-use parking area, and with a large trailer, it was difficult to pull over without blocking the entrance and other parked vehicles. The park is old school, and still requires you to have the printed site number on your dash, and the second copy on the post with your site number. One of the gates was not working to allow entry, and there was no sign mentioning this, so lots of vehicles were getting stuck at this gate with people lining up behind them.
🌲 Things to Do at the Campground:
There isn’t a ton to do at the campground itself, other than camp and swim. We spent a lot of our Saturday exploring the surrounding area and towns. There is a sign by the day-use area that talks about fossils, and what was found in the area. The sign also talks about looking for ammonite.
📍 About the Area:
If you’re camping at Craigleith, be prepared to leave the campground to find some things to do. We spent Saturday driving through Meaford, Thornbury and Collingwood. There is a lovely dog “beach” (again, all rock) in Collingwood at Sunset Point Beach. This was a really nice area that had lots of walking paths, parks, food, and a really large Inukshuk.
🧭 Things to Do Nearby:
- 🥾 Trails / Parks
- 🏖️ Beaches
- 🎣 Fishing / Boating
- 🛍️ Local Shops / Markets
- 🐾 Pet-Friendly Spots
📸 Favourite Moment:
The sunsets over the west end of the lake edge was beautiful.
📝 Final Thoughts / Tips:
Our final thoughts for this campground would be that this is not a park we would stay at again unless it was a last resort. Sometimes its nice just staying in the park, and not needing to drive anywhere for things to do, but this is what you would need to do if you stayed here. (Again, this is just our opinion). We love campgrounds that offer it all, and this wasn’t it.
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