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classctioga73's avatar
Apr 17, 2018

Banff and Jasper Canada private campgrounds

Hello does anyone know of or have a list of private campgrounds in and around both Banff N.P and Jasper N.P
I have a 31 foot RV and a tow dinghy and will need reservations for July 2018. Please help if you can.
  • Parks Canada doesn't have private RV parks inside these national parks. The RV parks inside the parks are all public--Banff, Johnston Canyon, Lake Louise, Whistler's, etc. We have stayed at all four of those and prefer Whistler's. We have also stayed at Jasper Gates, but only until our reservation at Whistler's was available.
  • sam22's avatar
    sam22
    Explorer III
    Jasper Gates RV park is the closest you're probably going to get to the park, but it's still about 30-40 minutes from the actual town of Jasper. I've stayed there, it's pretty nice but overpriced. There is. KOA somewhere close by as well.

    There is a private RV park in Canmore, not far from Banff but it's awful.
  • Stop at a visitors center as you enter pickup Camping in BC and Camping in AB.
  • If you haven't already, download the RV Parky app.
    I just searched it for Jasper NP and found quite a few in both areas shown on the map it raised.
  • rvparkreviews.com
    goodsam.com

    Both websites will give you what your'e looking for.

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