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Scugog Landing Cottage & RV Resort

Port Perry, Ontario, is one of the best-preserved Victorian main streets in Durham Region, an hour northeast of Toronto at the head of Lake Scugog in the southern edge of cottage country. Scugog Landing Cottage & RV Resort occupies 120 acres of rolling Ontario landscape incorporated into the Trent-Severn Waterway just ten minutes from Port Perry's waterfront, combining genuine cottage country character with resort infrastructure that accommodates both RV travelers and guests arriving without their own accommodation. The resort offers a range of RV sites with full services alongside cottage and cabin rental options that give guests the Lake Scugog experience without requiring property ownership on the water. The grounds are expansive and thoughtfully laid out, with the lake providing direct waterfront access for boating, fishing, and paddling from the resort's own shoreline. At 120 acres, the scale ensures that even fully booked summer weekends feel uncrowded and spacious — a quality that resorts on smaller properties simply cannot replicate. Pets are welcome throughout. Lake Scugog and the Trent-Severn Waterway form the twin defining features of the surrounding landscape: flat, mirror-calm water, marshland edges alive with waterfowl, and the measured pace of a historic canal system that has been drawing Ontario cottagers for generations. The Trent-Severn is one of Canada's most beloved recreational waterways, stretching 386 kilometers through Ontario's lake country and providing a boating route of genuine historical and natural significance. Lock 26 operates nearby, and watching cruisers and sailboats work through the lock mechanism is a quintessentially Canadian cottage-country experience that visitors from outside Ontario rarely anticipate and consistently remember. Great blue herons, Canada geese, and various duck species populate the Lake Scugog shoreline through the warm-weather months, giving the waterfront an animated natural quality that persists from dawn through evening. The Kawartha Lakes region surrounding Port Perry combines agricultural countryside with lakeside scenery in a way that feels distinctly and authentically Canadian. Port Perry's Victorian downtown rewards a morning of exploration: boutiques, galleries, bookstores, cafés, and antique shops line Queen Street toward the Lake Scugog waterfront, and the Boathouse Grill is a local institution for lakeside dining worth reserving. The Great Blue Heron Casino in Port Perry offers evening entertainment just minutes from camp. The summer months bring the Highland Games, Dragon Boat Races, and StreetFest to the Port Perry community, layering festival energy on top of the already-rich outdoor and culinary calendar. Scugog Landing operates through the Ontario camping season, with summer bookings — especially for waterfront cottages and preferred RV sites — filling months in advance given the resort's proximity to the Toronto metropolitan area. Friday-through-Sunday availability is always limited during peak summer months; longer stays of a week or more offer the best chance at securing preferred positions on the water. The resort's established community of returning guests gives Scugog Landing a warm, familiar character that first-time visitors tend to notice within the first day of settling in.

from $41/night

Cedar Valley Cottage Resort

On the scenic Scugog River in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario—in the rolling agricultural and cottage-country landscape east of Lindsay where the Trent-Severn Waterway's interconnected lakes, rivers, and locks create one of the most celebrated inland boating corridors in eastern Canada—Cedar Valley Cottage Resort, a Summerhill Resorts property, offers two and three-bedroom seasonal cottages with full kitchens and comfortable furnishings alongside premium waterfront docks, a multi-sports court with road hockey, pickleball, tennis, and basketball, direct fishing and boating access from the Scugog River, and the immediate proximity to the Kawartha Lakes region's trails, provincial parks, and the historic town of Lindsay that makes this cottage-country resort the complete base camp for a Kawartha summer season from May through October. The river is at your dock. Lindsay is minutes away. Cedar Valley's two and three-bedroom cottages provide the family-scale accommodation that the Kawartha Lakes seasonal market demands—full kitchens for self-catering the week, comfortable furnishings for the evening post-lake gathering, and the private cottage character that distinguishes a cottage-country stay from a standard campground experience. The premium Scugog River docks allow guests with their own boats to arrive by water or launch directly onto the river for the fishing, the leisurely river exploration, and the Trent-Severn Waterway lock system navigation that makes the Kawartha waterway network one of Ontario's great boating destinations. The multi-sports court's road hockey, pickleball, tennis, and basketball keep the active family and the competitive adults equally occupied during the dry-weather hours between lake sessions. The Kawartha Lakes region—City of Kawartha Lakes encompasses the former Victoria County's interconnected municipalities, conservation areas, and provincial parks in a landscape shaped by Precambrian Shield bedrock, glacial lakes, and the rivers that connect them—provides the fishing, boating, and nature experience that the Ontario cottage tradition has organized itself around since the 19th century. The Scugog River connects the resort directly to the Trent-Severn Waterway, the 386-kilometer engineered waterway that links Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay at Port Severn through 44 locks and 6 lakes in the most complete inland boating route in Ontario. Lindsay, minutes from the resort, provides the essential Kawartha Lakes town infrastructure—the farmers market, the historic downtown shopping, the medical and grocery services, and the community events calendar that the City of Kawartha Lakes anchors in its largest urban center. The Petroglyphs Provincial Park, 45 miles north near Woodview, protects the largest concentration of Indigenous petroglyphs in Canada—the 900-plus carved figures in the crystalline limestone outcropping are among the most significant sacred sites in Ontario's First Nations heritage. Fenelon Falls, Bobcaygeon, and the other Kawartha Lakes waterfront communities provide the day-trip variety that the cottage-country touring circuit builds around locks, ice cream shops, and antique stores along the Trent-Severn. Cedar Valley Cottage Resort operates seasonally from May 1 through October 31 in the Kawartha Lakes' temperate Ontario summer climate, with June through Labour Day the peak cottage season and the September and October shoulder weeks offering the region's most comfortable temperatures, the autumn walleye and bass fishing peak, and the hardwood forest's fall color display that the Kawartha uplands produce in the October weeks before closing. Reserve your cottage at Cedar Valley and let the Scugog River, the Trent-Severn Waterway, and the Kawartha Lakes' complete cottage-country experience make Ontario's inland lake district the summer destination the resort's river location promises.

from $167/night

Shady Acres Cottage & RV Resort

Shady Acres Cottage & RV Resort has served as a beloved Rice Lake family destination for over 30 years from its prime position along the northern shore of one of the Kawarthas' most scenic and fish-rich lakes. With more than 300 full-service campsites including waterfront locations, a heated pool, cottage rentals, and full marina services for boating guests, Shady Acres delivers the complete Kawarthas cottage country experience in a campground setting accessible to the broadest range of Ontario outdoor enthusiasts. On-site recreation covers an impressive range: horseshoe pits with regular Sunday tournaments, shuffleboard courts, basketball, a children's playground, and a heated pool provide the daily activity framework, while dances on long weekends, bingo, a kids' fishing tournament in June, Halloween Night in July, annual fireworks, a golf tournament in August, Monte Carlo night, and a September corn roast fill the social calendar with the community events that keep shady acres' core of returning campers planning their next visit before the current one ends. A general store, laundry, security gates, and clean washrooms and showers handle the practical side of a longer stay. Boat, motor, and dock rentals, a boat launch, and complimentary fish freezing ensure Rice Lake anglers are fully equipped. All RV sites feature 30-amp service, water, and sewer. Pets are welcome. Rice Lake itself is the resort's defining natural feature — a large, shallow, island-dotted lake that is one of the premier walleye and muskie fisheries in Ontario's Kawartha Lakes region. The lake's natural productivity and its position on the Trent-Severn Waterway make it a destination for anglers and boaters who use shady acres keene as a home base for extended water-based exploration. Lang Pioneer Village Museum, a short drive from the resort, preserves 19th-century Ontario rural life in an open-air village setting with costumed interpreters, historic buildings, and operating traditional trades. Hopes Mill Conservation Area and the Warsaw Caves provide geological and natural history interest close to camp. Peterborough, the Kawartha Lakes' largest urban center, offers dining, shopping, and the Canadian Canoe Museum — one of the country's most unique heritage institutions celebrating the canoe's central role in Canadian identity — within 30 minutes of Shady Acres. Shady Acres Cottage & RV Resort is open through the Ontario camping season, with peak demand falling June through August when Rice Lake's warm summer temperatures and the resort's social calendar are simultaneously in full swing. Seasonal sites are held by returning families year after year, so book overnight and weekly stays early — shady acres resort's reputation in the Kawarthas has created a loyal clientele that ensures summer availability is genuinely competitive.

Sun Retreats Sherkston Shores

66 RV Sites, 29 Cabins, 46 Tent Sites, 55 Cottages

Sun Retreats Sherkston Shores in Port Colborne, Ontario, offers 66 full-hookup RV sites, 84 cabin and cottage units, and 46 tent sites across 560 acres on four kilometers of Lake Erie beachfront, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 70 feet behind a gated entrance. Waterfront and premium full-hookup categories join a 30-amp tier, alongside a water park, splash pad, and mini-golf. Sixty-six sites run in full hookup 30-amp, premium full hookup 30/50-amp, and waterfront full hookup 30/50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 70 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The waterfront category is the one to request. Eighty-four cabins and cottages and 46 tent sites make the lodging inventory far larger than the RV side. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, firewood, boat storage, recycling, and food trucks handle the practical side. The property was formerly Sherkston Shores Beach Resort & Campground. A water park and splash pad anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, and the beach alongside. Mini-golf, a fitness center, clubhouse, game room, arcade, sports courts, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, golf cart rentals, a playground, dog park, and bar fill the rest, with boating, paddle boarding, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, hiking, biking, live music, and Niagara wine country nearby. The scale rivals dedicated resort destinations. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $37/night

Alpen Bluffs Outdoor Resort

80 RV Sites, 25 Cabins

Alpen Bluffs Outdoor Resort in Gaylord, Michigan, offers 80 full-hookup RV sites and 25 cabins at the peak of the Lower Peninsula, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service behind a gated entrance. Northern Bluffs and Yurt Village neighborhood categories organize back-in and pull-through sites, with a water park, pool, hot tub, mini-golf, and food trucks. Eighty sites run in back-in full hookup and pull-through full hookup categories across the Northern Bluffs and Yurt Village neighborhoods, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, with fire pits and picnic tables. Organizing sites into named neighborhoods rather than numbered tiers is unusual and makes it easier to picture where you will be. Twenty-five cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, restrooms, showers, firewood, and RV storage handle the practical side. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a hot tub and sauna alongside. Mini-golf, a recreation center, jumping pillow, gaga ball, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, ping pong, horseshoes, corn hole, gem mining, inflatable water toys, bike rentals, golf cart rentals, a beach, playground, community fire pit, dog park, on-site dining, a bar, and food trucks fill the rest. Skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, golf, and elk viewing are all nearby. Gaylord is the Golf Mecca of Michigan, with Otsego Lake, the Pigeon River Country State Forest's wild trout streams, and genuine four-season recreation. Summer and ski season both draw. Reserve well ahead.

from $105/night

Jellystone Park™ Petoskey

155 RV Sites, 63 Cabins, 3 Tent Sites

Jellystone Park Petoskey in Michigan offers 155 full-hookup RV sites, 63 cabins, and three tent sites across 30 landscaped acres near Little Traverse Bay, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 90 feet behind a gated entrance. Elite and deluxe full-hookup back-in and pull-through categories join a pool, hot tub, and gem mining. One hundred fifty-five sites span deluxe full hookup 30/50-amp, deluxe full hookup 30/50-amp pull-through, elite full hookup 30/50-amp, and elite full hookup 30/50-amp pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 90 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Ninety feet is exceptional for northern Michigan and accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. Sixty-three cabins and three tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The daily resort fee covers basic WiFi, pool and spa access, the playground, dog park, restrooms and showers, volleyball, basketball, and pickleball. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the summer, with gem mining, gaga ball, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, a community fire pit, playground, dog park, and on-site dining filling the rest. Boating, swimming, and planned activities round it out. Little Traverse Bay's sunsets and the Petoskey stones along the pebbled shoreline are the reason families have come here for generations. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $30/night

Sun Outdoors Petoskey Bay Harbor

87 RV Sites, 13 Cottages

Sun Outdoors Petoskey Bay Harbor in Michigan offers 87 full-hookup RV sites and 13 cottages on Little Traverse Bay, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 60 feet behind a gated entrance. Premium Coach House back-in sites join interior back-in, pull-in, pull-through, and north and south exterior categories, with a pool, hot tub, spa, and mini-golf. Eighty-seven sites span interior back-in, interior pull-in, interior pull-thru, north exterior back-in, south exterior back-in, and premium Coach House back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Naming categories by position on the property is unusually transparent. Thirteen cottages round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, firewood, and recycling handle the practical side. The property was formerly Petoskey RV Resort. An outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, and spa anchor the property, with a fitness center, clubhouse, game room, and mini-golf besides. Pickleball, basketball, horseshoes, sports courts, picnicking, and a dog park fill the grounds. Pets are welcome. Little Traverse Bay is one of the most beautiful summer resort settings in the American Midwest, and the resort sits along Charlevoix Avenue adjacent to the Bay Harbor development, with Petoskey's downtown and the Tunnel of Trees close by. Summer is decisively the season in northern Michigan, with fall color drawing a strong second wave. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $82/night

Skyline RV Resort

45 RV Sites

Skyline RV Resort in Darien Center, New York, offers 45 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet. Letter Streets deluxe pull-through and premium back-in 50-amp categories, some with patios, join an outdoor pool, recreation center, clubhouse, and lake. Forty-five sites span Letter Streets deluxe pull-thru 50-amp, Letter Streets deluxe pull-thru 50-amp with patio, and Letter Streets premium back-in 50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The patio option adds outdoor living space. A propane fills station, dump station, restrooms, RV storage, boat storage, and a snack bar handle the practical side. The resort actively courts RV groups and rallies — worth a call if you are a wagon master looking for a host site. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a lake supporting canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing, and swimming. A recreation center, clubhouse, pavilion, sports courts, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, gaga ball, horseshoes, corn hole, and a playground fill the rest, with live music and planned activities. A casino, golf course, water park, and state park are nearby. Six Flags Darien Lake is directly adjacent, with Niagara Falls to the northwest and Letchworth State Park's Genesee River gorge — the Grand Canyon of the East — to the south. Buffalo and Rochester are both within an easy drive. Summer drives demand hard, tracking the theme park calendar. Reserve well ahead.

from $49/night