Rockwood Conservation Area

I’ve been camping at Rockwood for years without issue, until this past Victoria Day weekend. My family (husband, 10 yr son and 15 yr old son’s friend) were all kicked out of the park because of 2 unruly, unprofessional, hot headed security guards! The park actually outsourced extra security, meanwhile they have ’ ranger rick’ driving by your site around 5 times an hour. The park personel were kind and we had no issues with them. But apparently 2 young hot heads thought that my kids lit off fireworks in the field right behind our trailer. They had no physical proof, and they chased my kids back to the trailer in the night and scared the crap out of them. Then when my husband went up to the office to talk to them — because they said we had 1 hour to pack up and leave — at 10PM, they called the cops. Two OPP cruisers came to our site and were as nice as can be and apologized that they can’t do anything to help us out except they told the park we can stay over night as we weren’t drunk or doing anything to disturb anyone and because we had children with us. 8am the next morning, security was back and we were thrown out a day early from our nice long weekend! Because of their actions, there were over 20 other campers there that weekend that said they would never go back! I warn you NEVER to go to this campground overnight.
It is a beautiful place to visit — but stay out of the water and avoid any eye contact with the ridiculous team they call SECURITY! So disappointed!!!

They charge $ 6 per person! for a day pass. And the water has high bacteria, and they say swim at your own risk.
The trails are too short. Unthoughtful immigrants were caught littering along the trails.
This place is lame. Never, coming, back… unless you make it free to enter.

Came here to canoe. The park is beautiful with large trees and rocky cliffs. There is a great fishing spot near the old mill but some visitors were fly fishing and not really paying attention to where they are throwing their lines. The small lake is perfect for beginner canoers. There are canoe rentals by the small beach area to the lake was packed with novice canoers. Since we just bought our canoe we wanted to test it in a small body of water which was perfect for us. Going to try larger canoe route. You can even go camping here.

A wonderful place to go for a nice stroll or even a challenging hike. Beautiful scenery. There is an old crumbled stone mill building that you can walk through. Great for photos. Nice look-​outs, and a lake to go swimming in afterwards, or you can go for a hike along the river in the woods too. If you are lucky you may even see a tv show or local movie being filmed there.

Were actually heading to a different conservation area but the kids were already pretty cranky by the time we coincidentally passed by this place and it seemed to look pretty decent judging from the road. Pulled in and friendly staff received us at the gate, we paid for 2 Adults and 2 Kids under 4 just below $ 12. Drove down to the beach parking area, passed on the way a couple of campgrounds. At the beach area they had a building with a snack bar and change rooms, and then a walkway down to the beach which is pretty steep but they also have wheelchair access ramps. You first access a huge grassy picnic area with lots of trees and park benches which was unfortunately covered and littered in cigarette buts and then you have a step down to the beach strip which I found to be rather on the small side. They also had canoe and paddleboat rental at the beach. They accept Visa, Mastercard and Debit. You have to put down a $ 50 deposit I believe if you want to rent out the equipment. Unfortunately we got rained out so we didn’t get to stay long but apparently they also have some nice hiking trails and some caves to explore. We will definitely come back to have a look at those caves but we won’t be coming back to swim here. Especially because they had high levels of E. Coli in the water and nobody warned us at the gate.