Reviews of J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park (Gardener)

Kris Stewart

Nice provincial park. Clean washrooms. Beautiful beach.

graham bowers

This is a beautiful park with a fabulous beach. We stayed at site 14 which is right next to a waterfall. The beach is a 5 minute drive away, but worth it. Port aux Basques is a great little town and while you are there, you should check out the Butterfly new and used book store. It is carefully curated and they know where everything is. I wish we could have stayed here longer, but sadly we(like everyone else) were just passing through.

jarrod crawford

Excellent camp for transitioning to take the ferry from Port aux Basque

Deejayvtranzphotography

I grew up in Cape Ray so I have tons of fond memories from my youth in this park! The scenery alone is beautiful!

Chris Pratt

Awesome Park. Very clean with great trails and an awesome sandy beach.

RUSSELL HENNINGER SR

Great park, nice beach, park check-in about 1.2 km from highway on a gravel road.

Arthur Osmond

The falls are incredible and even though they don't recommend swimming cause of the tides the beach is like a piece of heaven

6 PACK Family

Very nice and well set up

Valentin Todorov

Beautiful long sandy beach with sand dunes.

Jayant Mathur

Quiet, beautiful place. Nice sites. Power available on some sites. No water or sewage on site but water and dumping station available in the park. Lovely beach only minutes away. Awesome plants to be seen on the walking trail. Natural swimming locations with clean running water and picturesque waterfalls.

Joey W

Amazing beach with soft sand, in a beautiful cove. Working lighthouse in the distance. Free hot showers. Our site had lots of space and lots of trees.

Helene Fortin

(Translated) Very nice beach (Original) Très belle plage

Bob Grant

beautiful beach

Debra Fodor

A reminder of home

Ryanator 1117

Beautiful park, clean facilities. Close to big sandy beach.

Sara “HotForTeacher” Osmond

Nice camping spots. Great ocean beaches and some nice trails. Wash facilities are extremely clean. Stayed twice and would include it in any future visit to nfld.

Derek Anderson

Beautiful beach!

Julie West

This is a beautiful park. Was impressed with the camp sites too. And there's a beach walking distance from the park. Definitely going again.

Eric Trudel

The park is nice, the staff were amazing.

Norma Decker

Beautiful beach!

Sylvain Raymond

(Translated) Very nice campsite (Original) Très beau camping

That Candian_guy

Very friendly and helpful staff, thanks Alfred. Park was very clean.

Susan

always our 1st and last stop on "The Rock"

Gary Pearston

Nice place to walk during the winter time

EastCoastATV

Power only. Clean bathrooms, showers. No laundry. Little or no cell, no wifi.

Bradford Fenton

Friendly staff, probably one of the cleanest washrooms I've seen camping.

Robyn Brennan

(Translated) Beautiful site, all services recommended +++++ (Original) Beau site, tous les services recommandé +++++

Russell Ford

Well serviced camp site with a 2km road leading to this beautiful beach, with Cape Ray lighthouse off in the distance.

Robert White

Convenient for the ferry nice surroundings

manal B

We nearly got carried away by the flies but besides that, everything was great. The campsites and comfort stations were well maintained. I'm sure I'll end up staying here again in the future.

Carmen Drainville

(Translated) Very beautiful beach worthy of beaches and Florida !!!! (Original) Très belle plage digne des plages e Floride !!!!

Donna Tapp

Could do with better wifi and a laundry facilities.

Rickey G Osmond

Nice unserviced sites - great privacy. Serviced sites are side by side.

Franck Allard

Very nice. Convenient camping before/after ferry. It was a little buggy on one of our stays but not terrible the other. The beach is so peaceful! Will stay there again the next time we visit Newfoundland.

Louise Asselin

(Translated) It is an unknown place that deserves to be discovered. The beach is superb! (Original) C'est un endroit méconnu qui mérite d'être découvert. La plage est superbe!

Starboard Side

Nice private campsites and friendly staff. We would definitely camp here again.

Doug Swallow

Great campground and park with nice beach. Perfect rest stop before and after the ferry.

PAUL L.

Great spot to transfer on and off from ferry to North Sydney. Excellent beach a few miles for the campground, well worth seeing. As with all Newfoundland and Labrador Parks a very clean facility.

Stephen Frankovitch

Very clean and the folks were extremely nice

Gerald Duhart

Excellent nature experience if you enjoy rivers , beach and trails.... Close to amenities of local town

Bill Mracek

Beautiful park!!

Collin Dares

Nice spot , one star down due to poor internet and lack of full service for bypassers. Recommended .

Roger Plamondon

nice staff. great for overnight and there is a waterfall of root beer off the picnic area

Martine Mongrain

(Translated) No drinking water on the ground. The places indicated drinking water but there were notes that the water had to be boiled (Original) Pas d'eau potable sur le terrain. Les endroits indiquaient eau potable mais il y avait des notes que l'eau devait être bouilli

Susan Crocker

Amazing beach!! Was there at high tide and had so much fun floating out in the fresh water stream out to the salt!

Betony Morrison

To be fair — I got here in the middle of the night and wanted to see see prior to boarding my NL to NS ferry. —- but, the roads were horrendous, and it appears most of the park is meant to be a camp ground. I didn’t get a chance to see the beach, but I was told it’s beautiful. It was too windy and dark that night to enjoy the beach, though I did drive the treacherous 15 minutes to maybeeee see it. I would detour again during day light hours to maybeee see the fabled beach. And I love the name. Ha. Cheeseman.

GWoo

Beautiful well maintained campground. Gorgeous walking trails, and one of the biggest and best soft sandy beaches on the Southwest Coast.

Velda Tapp

Beautiful place to visit.

Barb Ruggeberg

Very nice and clean...

Gordon Muscroft

Beautiful place. Hiking fitness and ocean with blue colors. I don't believe.

Crystal Callahan

The staff, the views and the beach are all amazing. such a great place to camp and enjoy a night or 2. lots to do with lovely sights

Derrick Jamieson

Nice tent sites; wooded and private; Beautiful soft-sand beach.

Curtis Z

Very clean quiet park with lots of amenities for the kids.

oli w

Will be going there again. First time camping in Newfoundland . (And I live here... lol) but what a place , workers are super nice , you can even buy you’re wood for campfires there wich is perfect . Port aux basque is very close as well .

Beth Nicholson

Clean, well kept and perfect for short stop. Unfortunately no services but electricity.

Fred

Very nice spot ????

Michelle Perrett

Would get the 5th star if it had some shelter in bad weather.

Cheryl Goulding

Nice park / location. We found the gate staff could use a little enthusiasm and a lesson on customer service. And there was someone on the site we reserved when we arrived. It didn't seem to matter that we booked a month in advance. The boil water advisory on all drinking water is inconvenient too.

Paul Sheridan

Peaceful

George Sheppard

Wonderful experience. Very clean and very dedicated staff who go above and beyond. Thank you.

amanda hordyk

Incredible place. Beautiful birds. Sunny beaches and well gorgeous sunrises. ????

Jerome Paquet

Great

Angela Alexander

Absolutely beautiful ????

Ron Rowe

Great place to camp. Love the beach and it's proximity to Codroy Valley and Port aux Basque.

Tobi McCarthy

Great stopover before the ferry to NFLD

Scott Ka

Excellent location for astrophotography and star gazing. Be careful with GPS after dark

Darwyn Sproule

Water unsafe to drink..road into campground disgusting. ..was told it was serviced but only had electricity... and worst was told my 40 ft trailer would fit. ..not a chance even in their so called open field...was not impressed.. after planning for 3 years not impressed with newfoundland provincial parks. .

Becca LeRiche

Nice park with a great beach. Close to the ferry terminal in Port aux Basques. Lots of spaces to choose from and fairly quiet.

Gerry Sheppard

Nice restaurant food is great!

Courtney Carver

Great beaches and scenary. Amazing!

kim skinner

Great beach. Campground is far from the beautiful beach in distance and beauty.

Stevie Ramone

Beautiful place. We live in PAB and were looking for a place to ride our mountain bikes one morning; came here. There are two trails on which we can use our bikes - the Newfoundland T’Railway (old rail road tracks) or the path to the small waterfall. Recommend it the weather is nice!

So Bl

Cheesemans is a gorgeous and well kept Provincial Park. It has beautiful campsites, both serviced and unserviced, white sand beaches, waterfalls to wash the salt water off and well maintained trails.

Mona Hudson

Great park with incredible views , road leading up is kinda rough so take it SLOW

Sarah serson

Great place to stay has everything just like home shower bathroom electricity

Rick Honeyford

Beautiful scenery. If you're in the Port Aux Basques area drop in to see this place.

Connie Hill

Amazing beach. Nice wooded or open sites.

Keith Rodgers

Beautiful beach just a short walk away from the campground!

Joyce Zahacy

Didn't step foot on land but it's very pretty from sea

Alice Francis

Close to the ferry. Terrible road going in to park. Clean. Sites are small.

Steve Mcrae

awesome place

Kathleen Gonthier

(Translated) Beautiful little park with a beautiful beach. Perfect for a first night when arriving from the ferry. (Original) Beau petit parc avec une belle plage. Parfait pour une première nuit en arrivant du traversier.