Introducing Driftwood Provincial Park, a stunning state park located at 39520 ON-17, Stonecliffe, ON K0J 2K0, Canada. This hidden gem offers an incredible camping experience for individuals and families alike. With spacious and well-maintained campsites, visitors can enjoy breathtaking views of the Ottawa River and the hilly Quebec side. The park is known for its non-electrical sites along the river, perfect for kayaking, fishing, and swimming. While the beach access for non-front sites may be limited, the warm bay waters and picturesque surroundings make up for it. Clean washrooms, water taps, and canoe/kayak rentals add to the convenience of this park. Driftwood Provincial Park, located approximately 2.5 hours from Ottawa, is an ideal destination for those seeking a peaceful and scenic getaway for the weekend. Come and experience the beauty and tranquility of Driftwood Provincial Park for yourself.
Amenities and More
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
- Children
- Good for kids
- Kid-friendly hikes
- Pets
- Dogs allowed
- Amenities
- Picnic tables
- Public toilet
- Activities
- Hiking
Reviews
Great park. The river sites are amazing. Fishing for walleye was awesome. We love this place. No hydro for river front sites, but with it for the view.
Small provincial park compared to others, but still has the basic amenities, with nice scenery, clean grounds, and lots of birds.
The East and West River campgrounds have many sites along the shore to swim, launch your canoe, and enjoy the sunset and breeze off the river. However, they are very close together with little privacy and the pads are on small size making things look congested.
The Brumm campground has sites that better accommodate trailers and RVs, with larger pads and more privacy. These are located in a forest setting, up the hill from the river and therefore doesn't get the shore breeze.
There is only one comfort station (bathrooms, and showers) near the East River campsite, otherwise vault toilets are nearby. Water quality is good and dependable, and it seems they recently did an upgrade to the buildings, and water and sewer.
The main beach is sandy with a roped-off area for unsupervised swimming, a grass lawn with picnic tables, and a boat launch with dock. There are many marked trails, but the best is Oak Highland (Riverview and Beaver Pond). Blueberries are plentiful when in season. For canoeists, directly across the Ottawa River is the Dumoine River offering a 16km roundtrip to the first set of rapids. Not certain if you need a ZEC day pass since it's in Quebec.
The main office is small with very few items, but they do have firewood and ice. Deep River is the closest town (33km) with a Valu-Mart grocery store, LCBO, and there are convenience stores closer in Rolphton (Esso) and Rapides-des-Joachims (which has a SAQ).
Overall a nice park, clean amenities, beautiful scenery, and a variety of birds singing all-day long.
This is my 2nd stay at driftwood in 2 years and I absolutely love this place! Beautiful views, amazing memories. Showers definitely need an upgrade though. (Shower tiles were literally falling off the wall while I showered ðŸ˜) …
Beautiful park with great camp grounds! About 2.5 hours from Ottawa. Good spot to get away for the weekend!
Beautiful place will take your breath away lots to do in the area but not in driftwood the water has had blue algea the whole summer making the small beach closed swimming is a danger espec8ally for dogs the wood was nice and wet and had to leave the park to get some bathrooms are very nice and staff was pretty food clean park
Beach was closed due to algae. Do not expect privacy campsites are all right next to each other and very open. Only went on one of the hiking trails was beautiful gorgeous view of the lake/river see photos.
A nice park with a lot of waterfront sites. Some sites are not very private as there are a lack of bushes and trees between them in some areas. We were on site 32 of East camp. Hard to walk into the water here because of all the driftwood on shore. If looking at the water, the left side is not private but the right side is. The best waterfront sites in East camp are 7, 8, 9, 13, and 14 (in my humble opinion). They have a beach and are pretty level. We had a blue-green algae warning and saw the shoreline along the park had a lot of it our first day. The next 2 days it was gone. There is a lot of extra parking near most of the sites so if you have a boat there is plenty of room to park your boat trailer. You can even anchor in front of your site which was pretty neat. The comfort station is clean and has showers and laundry. The secondary toilet huts are flush toilets which is nice. No lights inside though so bring a flashlight.
Driftwood is a great park.
We loved the non electrical site on the Ottawa River. Great kayaking and fishing.
Nice swimming right off the campsite.
Biking in the park was good but there was a big hill. Did not try the hiking.
Supplies can be bought no to far away along tran canada.
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