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homefor2
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Nov 25, 2014

Any free parking in Sidney BC ?

We are catching the Sidney to Anacortes Ferry in a couple of weeks. Just wondering if there is anywhere to park over night that's free. There's no Walmart near there and I'm too cheap to pay for a place to sleep.
  • Just get to the Terminal and pull over beside the fence! Nobody will hassle You! You will possibly have company!
  • RVLimey wrote:
    Mary Winsper Center lets people park in their gravel overflow parking lot. Center is on the corner of Beacon and Pat Bay highway.


    Thanks for the info.
  • Mary Winsper Center lets people park in their gravel overflow parking lot. Center is on the corner of Beacon and Pat Bay highway.
  • I was told the ferry lot was locked after hours but I will check the lot by the park and also the gravel pull out area. Thanks for the research.
  • Sidney is a pretty quiet place. If you pulled up on a side street with that rig in the pics and spent the night, no one would be any wiser.

    As OP pointed out, what's wrong with the ferry parking lot? Just checked Google Street view. The compound is gated.

    But.. according to the sign on the street just north of the terminal, it's a 24hr limit on parking. Nice gravel pullout. have a look on Street View.
  • Perhaps you can pull in to the ferry parking lot "early" to sleep/wait for the ferry??
  • Hi,

    http://freecampsites.net/#!sidney,%20bc

    homefor2 wrote:
    We are catching the Sidney to Anacortes Ferry in a couple of weeks. Just wondering if there is anywhere to park over night that's free. There's no Walmart near there and I'm too cheap to pay for a place to sleep.
  • No, there is nothing in terms of campgrounds or even big parking lots. This is a small community mainly retired people. You'll have to travel into Victoria but the Walmart is really tight in a shopping mall. I wouldn't take an RV in there. There are a couple of RV parks but you'll need to look them up on the internet.

    Toban

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