Reviews of Windy Lake Provincial Park (Park)

Chiqui Mom

We went for the long weekend. The Yurts were big enough for 6 people but they weren't wiped down. I found dry blood on one of the matreses and when I took a wipe to the bed a whole bunch of dirt wiped off. Now, I'm not a clean freak but come on. The yurts in comparison to the more modern wooden yurts found at MacGregor Point Provincial Park are not as clean. The electric heaters would turn on every hour for 10 minutes in the middle of the night. No option to turn them off if you didn't want heat at night. One common comment to which I agree with is the train that is loud that goes along the park. The mosquitoes and black flies were especially fierce this weekend. So bring bug spray...lots of it. The lots were very private. The beach was very clean with pebbles. Little ones should bring water shoes cuz the sand was very hot. The beach was not crowded considering it was a long weekend. The outhouses near the beach were disgusting. Flushing toilets and an outside shower to rinse the sand off would be great. Wonderful friendly staff. Scenery was beautiful!

Todd Menard

Great camping spot.

Arynn Sprague

Great place to swim or camp!

Mr Camper

beautiful park

Crystal W

Beautiful beach they have campsites here where you can pitch tents or rent a hut

John Reid

The exceptional scenery(beautiful conifers and rugged trials) combined with state-of-the-art grooming make these trails the best in the Sudbury Region. Even though I'm a member at Walden, & Bioskis, this is still my favourite. It's really worth the drive!

Toni Michaud

Love camping here. My kids always have a blast.

ashwini parvatikar

Great place.. wish we could stay longer

Mohan Krishnan

Stayed in walk-in camps.. Restrooms are terrible. Camp sites are also little congested as nearby plants are grown high.. nearby camp is less than 10m so not much privacy. Not up to the mark.

Lynn Bulloch

Most snow and most challenging trails in the Sudbury area.

Valerie Pemmican

Great place for camping. Loved it!

PURUSHOTHAMAN ELUMALAI

An awesome ???? location you should never miss.. pure bliss ✨ ????

Brett Mudge

Beautiful park and very friendly staff, great beach area.

Manan Thakkar

Awesome place to spend day. Very clean and quiet place with reasonable fees. Supportive staff provides you map and guide of whole park with driving directions.

Joshua Linley

Only issue with windy is that it's windy ;) haha

Liz Schramm

Our family camped for 10 days at the beginning of August. We enjoyed the very large private sites. We stayed in #32, which was a very large site and one of the few that didn't flood during a massive rain storm. It was a bit sunnier than …

Alexander Daunan

This is beautiful and serene park. They have a lake with very clean water that you can swim on. They also have a playground for little children. There's no canoe or kayak rental inside the park. You have to bring your own canoe or kayak. If you are into swimming, they have a washing station in the day use area. The beach in the day use area is clean and well managed.

A G

Great campsite, 5 hours from Toronto, lots of mosquitos if you're site is by the water, lake is not the best quality at all, but great for a distant camping experience

Harish Bolla

Awesome Place for a group people to stay for couple of nights..!! ???????? They gotta fix the poor roads conditions which are very horribly to drive on.????

Sydney Schneider

Love the park! We were on the walk in sites, and loved how close we were to the water! We even kept our canoe on the site ready to go! The bathrooms could stand to be cleaned better though....

Stephane Beauregard

Great park. Trains passed through but to disturbing. Loved our yurt.

Kyra Pupinski

Good recreational park. Trains are very close and noisy.

Frank B

It's a very nice park, lots are spacious and camp is clean.....then the train comes through. Great....been here 3 hours an 2 trains.

Isaiah Lawrence

Fantastic place to camp and fish. Some real 'fighters' in those lakes.

Sylvie Roy

(Translated) beautiful place to visit (Original) belle place à visiter

Fun Do

Lake was clean and not crowded. But at night train's honking is disturbing. Washrooms adjacent to shower room were clean but the toilets around camp area were stinky. They should work on ventilation. My 4 ???? is for the beach. I was happy to see separate beach for pets.

Tay Butt

Outstanding ????

Christine and Yvon Denis

It's peaceful. Lake is clean, great beach and playground.

John Thompson

Close to home beaches clean.lots of privacy at campsites

Hannah Sine

Awesome day on the trails today.

Moe Brown

Very clean, nice big camp sites and lots of privacy.

Lee Bodson

Great Park and we really enjoyed the yurts in the winter

Luciana Buchy

Cross country trails are fantastic.

Chantelle Larin

Beautiful place and extremely clean.

Mat Balez

Windy Lake is my favorite place on earth, with the exception of the times when our visits there are sullied by the presence of my brother-in-law.

Nilay Patel

Not the best park to visit but there few things are good to visit around the park....

Joseph Hajek

Great beach, had a great time with the kids

Mariam Sutarwala

Outdated establishment. Also it is right next to a very busy TRAIN line. The train TOOTS LOUD every time it passes by the provincial park. Disappointed. We rented a yurt. We found it to be outdated compared to other parks, the bed is metal framed and creaks every time you move or sit on it. Kids had a very disturbed sleep during our stay. The beach, however, is absolutely amazing. Smooth and very clean. No weeds, no bugs, no dirt.

Jeffery Cholette

My weekend hideout! Staff is awesome. Beach is rough on the feet but kids dont care and plenty of space. Love it!!

Nolan Sarlo

Great campground. My church books the pavilion for our Sunday school picnic. Awesome times!

Jason Laferriere

Great beach and park!

Frank Papa

Have to pay to get in but it's a really nice beach, nice views, nice trail (lots of downed trees in the middle of the paths but not hard to go over)

My Anxious Life

Love love love the beach at this park. We go regularly to take our baby swimming. Beach is long so even when it's busy you aren't on top of each other. Only draw back is the water can get very choppy and cold even in summer.

Tim Paquin

Beautiful beach on a hot day.

Dave Daigle

stayed in one of the yurt sites. was clean and sanitized well. I love the water so clean and clear. the only downside is the train that passes by is pretty loud. besides that lots of beach options

Ivon Ipperciel

Beautiful provincial park. Great Scenic views of the Windy Lake area. Bears are amongst the wildlife so don't leave food out or unsealed.

Brendan O'Hara

Beautiful spot, such a nice beach

Rodney Hartley

Beautiful beach area. Hiked the 7.8 km. Trails.

Wayne Riley

Great park if it weren't for the train whistles and rumbling on the tracks ALL night long! If it's not the trains, you hear transport trucks using their engine brakes slowing for the railway crossing on Hwy 144.

Heidi Eisenhauer

Great marked trails and beautiful views. All season access.

shelly joanne

Loved every second of it

Kevin Muir

We were looking for that Northern Ontario feeling and we found it. The lake is wonderful, the sites are good, washrooms and facilities typical of Provincial Parks. All of that takes a back seat however when you are yelling at each other on your campsite to be heard over the chorus of freight trains, helicopters and track maintenance vehicles. This symphony of machinery can be heard every few hours without interruption. Great park, unfortunately close to the real world.

Katie Caissie

In the radio free zone, and our neighbours were cranking music and had kids running through our site (around our tent). One phone call and the nicest wardens came and gave them a gentle reminder and talked to us, so we all still enjoyed ourselves. I really appreciated that! It's a beautiful park too, and the walk in sites have 5, right on the water.

ML

It's a nice lush Provincial Park with clean bathrooms. The beaches are clean as well.

Rita Woodburne

Fantastic park! The majority of sites are very private and fantastic beaches for swimming. The amenities haven't really been updated but I imagine because it's not as well used as some of the southern parks they don't get as much funding if …

Ken Bellaire

This is a beautiful place to have a picnic!

Himanshu Patel

Nice for picnic

Robert Baratto

Great place for the kids for bike riding.Short or long walking trailers

Kamal Ismail

Easy to get lost. But nice scenery

Chris Laffin

Very friendly STAFF.

Daphne Liu

A wonderful picnic area. There seems to be a lot of camping sites here.

Patrick Fillion

Aptly named lake. The kids love it.

DA DOO

Beautiful Campground

Agnes Krawczyk

Great skiing

Lara A

Beautiful nice cold lake, park is very clean in my opinion, overall my favourite place to swim!

Tes

Beautiful - Clean - Quiet - Peaceful (presently no pets allowed on beaches) - family friendly (no loud music etc etc) that can really take away from a family day at the beach. Keep up the amazing work!!!

Srinivasa Krishnamurthy

Excellent place for family fun

Cari Thompson

Love it here. Clean facilities and the water is crystal clean.

Danilo Gonzalez

I need to come back. It is beautiful. We have two rainy days.

Halal Food Addict

Railway noise is a serious source of annoyance for people trying to rest and sleep here. Washrooms are clean though, yurts are old.

Reel Man

The marina is privately owned and they are NOT friendly

Greg Steele

We had a great time

Fabiano Garcia

I visited Windy Lake on the winter. It is a beautiful location, it was all covered in snow. I rented equipment for cross country skiing and had lots of fun. Trails are super well kept and diverse for all types of skiers. Volunteers in the chalet (where you can rent equipment) are super friendly and knowledgeable. Equipments are really good, new and high end. I totally recommend this place!

Joshua Henderson

Great experience nice, friendly campers no excessive noise only downside is the train tracks right beside the park

Dave Germain

Great little campground. Huge beach. Nice playground for kids. They even have a cabin to rent on the water!

Kelsey Lenti

Very well managed park, lots of campsites, and a nice beach.

Tiffany Wolters

Terrible roads for a trailer. No potable water, and not informed before, or even at check-in. Sites were large, but the electric was way over by the other site and we could only reach it by jamming our trailer between 2 trees

Mahwish Mahboob

Park is good for camping, to be exact RV camping... nice lake with boating option. But lots of bugss????, we usually love sitting late at night but wasnt able to do that due to lots of bugs

Team Batchoy MTB Adventure

It was our first time there. Love the place. Good for fishing especially if you have a boat.Clean swimming area and washrooms could have been more cleaner.

Janusz Roginski

I was interested just in the Windy Lake waterfall, to which you can get from the parking lot near the railroad. The path to the falls leads from the parking lot, over the train tracks and down on the other side to the lower falls. To the …

Echo Xu

Very nice campground, we got lucky to last minute booked the walk in sites which was right beside the lake. It’s cold at night. So for these who are visiting in September, please bring enough blanket and clothes. Kids & pet friendly. The …

John Mazerall

The park and lake are nice, but the railway line is right next to the park and trains go by all night sounding their horn at the several nearby crossings. We got little sleep. The highway is also close by and trucks use their engine brakes …

Al Linton

Beautiful day on the beach. Clean well kept picnic area and lovely breeze off the lake keeping the insects away.

Ian Busch

Great leash free dog area with a beautiful view.

Rachel Ladouceur

An amazing place to bring the family only 30 minutes north from sudbury. The beaches are clean, you can walk out a good distance with the kids. LOTS of room for the kids to play.

MorganThorneBDSM (BDSM Education)

Good for day use but don't camp overnight. Small sites and there is a train that goes by multiple times per night 3-5 times!! Barely got any sleep while there

Tom Lauzon

Very clean camp ground

Gary Roney

Beautiful Lake. Beach is huge, nice big park for kids to play, separate Beach for dogs, camping ground is really nice. Fishing is spectacular! Winter and Summer. Close to restaurants and not far from town for supplies.

Christopher Barker

A bit of info on the boat launch at Windy Lake provincial park. I am a new boater and found it hard to find info on the boat launch. The boat launch is functional and provides ample parking. The water is only about 3 feet deep until you get …

paul house

We always have a great day here. Not many people make the drive anymore. Always lots of room to set up for the day.

Carla Kingsley

Campground itself is nice and lots are big, but you can't walk to the beaches, which is super lame.

David Duffy

Some very poor drainage at different sites, but lots to do and a gorgeous beach.

jasmin cot

(Translated) The campsites are quite large and the view is magnificent. The people who work there are friendly. Small problem, the majority of the toilets on the site of the park are beautiful except those of the tent sites! (Original) Les sites de campings sont assez grand et la vue est magnifique. Les gens qui y travaillent sont sympathiques. Petit hic, la majorité des toilettes sur l'emplacement du parc sont belles sauf celles des sites de tentes!

Travis Johnson

Nice park, peaceful And great swimming And campgrounds

Brian Zubert

Nice big open beach, beautiful clear, clean water, nice boat launch, and walking around the park a little, the camp sites seemed pretty ideal. It's a bigger lake so it will be a bit colder for swimming and yes, true to its name, there is a bit of a breeze (or more) on regular occasion so do aim for the hotter days.

Zara Ha

Windy lake was good and we had a Yurt . The washroom near us was the one without flash which is disturbing however you can use the main flashing washroom with shower and lundry room in the center of the park.Rental Canoes are not available in this park but you can drive up north to halfway lake to rent a canoe or kayak.

Wendy Hartley

Good

Colin Jacobs

Beautiful views, clean. Relatively quiet. Trails

Eric Malette

A narrow strip of sand fronts the lake, with playgrounds for kids and the typical camping spots offered by provincial parks. All in all, an inexpensive and wholesome place to retreat with the family.

A K

Very close to a train track and the trains blasts the horn right around the corner late at night. If you are camping in a tent, it's a horrible wake up call! Lake itself is very nice with a very good Sandy beach...

Komal Parmar

Place was calm and beautiful. Well maintained.

Kamran Eshghi

Very clean beach with great staff. The water is very clean.

Kavinda Weerasekera

Great place to camp, was able to see stars and satellites like never before. Bring earplugs for bed time, was woken up 4 or 5 times from the horn of the trains coming in and out of the city.

Rob Stevenson

Beautiful lake. The beach is a bit of a hike though.

Anahi Viale

This park is currently closed. All trails closed and you cannot park. ;(

Pierre Tellier

Big lots for a nice private stay in a provincial park. The beach are is far from lots but you able to get there in 3 of the trails or by car. Expect noise from the highway or from the train if you're in the lots 30ish to 60ish.

Harjot Shergill

Great park and beautiful lake

Ebtisam Ali Albahri

Love the place ❤

Joanne Lyon

Nice park but picnic tables need an upgrade

Troy Roberts

Huge campsites available. We used like half of ours. The beaches are great for kids - the sand is quite coarse so wear beach shoes or prepare for a great exfoliation. It's perfect for sandcastles though. We spent multiple days at the beaches. Playground is right on the beach as well, which my kid loved.

Courtney Mitchell

It's a good park. I especially liked that there weren't too many people at the campground or the beach. It's noisey because the train is constantly going by and the highway isn't far either. It's a great place to bring your dog. The dog beach is huge!

Angel Spanish

Great place family friendly. Made great family memories here.

Jaspreet Kaur Sangha

The place is not that fun, if you enter windy lake exact, you might find a beach but good for one group of people only, not even a small beach you can see. Just a part of land, but the water is good. Can go there if not there to soak the sun and relax on beach. There is another water body, windy lake provincial park, it is a bit good than that but get ready to loose your pocket a little, no free parking. Gotta take permissions from a lot of people and no life guards available at that place. Swim on your own risk and if you are scared of insects, not a place for you buddy. Good luck.

Jeniffer Vieira

Great place for camping. You can even rent yurts there in winter. Groomed ski trails

Sam M

Nice park. Clean comfort station. Dump station well maintained, if a slightly awkward layout. Many sites have really good privacy. Some are rented out to seasonals, which seems to leave those people with the impression they’re entitled to …

Xandra L

Safe, quiet, campground monitored closely by the park rangers. Beautiful Windy Lake Beach near by. Only cons are that the trains going by Blair their horns and it is very loud. Noise is more manageable if you have a trailer, but if you’re tenting out, it will wake you. Also, we were only playing some music off a cell phone and shortly past 11pm the rangers came and told us to turn it down when it wasn’t even loud to begin with. Definetely not a campground to go to if you’re looking to party a little bit. Very family friendly.

Wajid Akbar

We went in winter(Feb 2020) in their cabins for two nights , very clean. This park has a ski chelate which is a big plus

Jaimie Wood

Was a little bit dirty, some litter on the beach and in the grass but otherwise very nice

Jim Wade

Very spacious campsites with good privacy and a beautiful sandy beach. Clean and well-maintained facilities. Unfortunately, the park is next to a very busy rail line that crosses the highway near the campground. Train horns sound long and loud at all hours of the day and night!

Shelley C

Train is very loud! Beautiful spot, mostly quiet. For a provincial park it doesn’t seem the rules are followed (cars speeding, loud neighbours) Lots of stars to see! Not much wildlife

Marc Moreau

Nice park, was Not expecting a train going by every 2 hours waking us up. They don't sell anything except wood. Staff were very friendly!

Sean Chan

Gorgeous camp sites. Walk in suites along water are beautiful. Out houses need to be cleaned more often and prepare for sleepless nights. Train goes by at least 2 to 4 times a night.

Karen Belisle

I fond that the park is in disrepair. They need to clean up all the dead trees and clean up group camping. They should have better access to the beach for handicap people. Not handicap friendly at all. Very disappointed

Lee Johnston

Stopped for one night on our way home from camping Lake Superior Provincial Park. Must admit was a tad disappointed with the upkeep of the roads to the sites. The pot holes were numerous and rocked our camping vehicle quite abit. Was quite the large gathering of water at our entrance but noticed other sites were worse off than ours, plus our picnic tables were in terrible shape. I have taken pictures but don’t see how I can post them here. I know things are behind because of co vid but regular maintenance of the sites and roads should be the norm.

Tim Prestwich

Nice park but the trains are way to frequent and very loud

Aline Gemma Godin

Nice camping lot...

Andrea Centis

Average. Nice sized beach for the area.

Darlene Phillips

Beautiful Park and Lake. Spacious camping sites. The Park needs a face lift. The roads going to camp sites are terrible and in need of grading and fill. Pot wholes everywhere.

Diane

Beautiful park beach camping and boating accommodations

Ian Ridsdill

Had a nice swim. Admission came with a free air show.

Debbie Brettschneider

Pro= nice private lot Close to tap water Cons= out houses need a step to get into washroom. Cons= no ice Orange Railing to take up Path back to campground Needs to be refurbished.

Edgar D'Costa

Fantastic little park. Too close to the Highway though and trains pass by at least 5 to 6 times during day and night. All in all a good park.

Mishal Khan

This place is absolutely beautiful as long as you don't come during bug season. Lots of places to explore and launch a kayak from. Only downside, found out showers were closed due to covid after arriving.

J Tondreau

Yurts were great! Even in -36 ????

Valmont Chouinard

Great lunch & real fast friendly service ????

Chris Vigneault

Very nice Park, even when closed!

D. Chaput

Wonderful Park for kids decent multispecie lake to fish

Fahad Nadeem

Beautiful park close to the city. Excellent for a day out with the kids

J.P. Dellaire

Its amazing nice quiet beach with clean water

P. Cayen

Fantastic beach with nice clear water. The park is right beside the highway and train tracks so there is a bit of noise. Lots of nice sites but many are seasonal. Theres also a few double sites for 2 trailers or many tents. Roads are very dusty.

Todd Kanhai

The camp spots were big a d easy to back into with our 33 foot trailer. Lake was beautiful. The train however was annoying. The privacy of the spots could be improved a bit with more deciduous rather than coniferous trees between spots for the area we were in.

Erik Sejr

Writing this review from a campsite in the park. This park has a lot going for it but too many of the facilities are in bad need of a face-lift. Now I'm not expecting an outhouse to be the picture of luxury but there are too many sinks and …

Dave Johnson

Large sites, but the roads need a grader

Veronique Aubin

No lifeguard, 15$ admittance on Fri, Sat and Sun. Parking lot operator is kinda awkwardly set up but it's a nice place

Aicha Boudreau

Absolutely wonderful. Lake was free of leeches, fresh and the view breathtaking.

Mark Pinkse

great except for trains at night

Julia MackMonkey

Park is beautiful BUT the comfort station was one of the worst we have seen in all the provincial parks we have stayed out. Extremely run down and out dated. The out houses for the cabins were actually more maintained than the comfort station. Also not impressed that the coffee maker that was in the cabin was a Keurig - not environmentally friendly nor usable if not told in advance. Surprised that a Provincial Park would offer something so plastic wasting! Beach areas were lovely and the cabins are nicely set away from the camp sites. Noted that the camp sites also seem to all be set back in adding more privacy which is always a bonus.

Quinn Blanchard

Excellent camp ground and employees were very nice and helpful. Toilets could use some work though, the smell was atrocious.

barbara constantine

I'm sure it's much better in the summer

Saurav Biswas

It's a great place to spend the day. The beach is nice. Bathrooms are well maintained and clean. However, it's next to a railway track. Freight trains in the middle of the night disturb sleep. I recently stayed in a Yurt for 2 nights and didn't get much sleep. The yurt itself is quite nice, comfortable and spacious. Definitely recommend staying in yurt at some other park. It's equipped with electric heater set on a thermostat. That's another thing, the starting of the heater is very noisy, but it keeps the yurt at comfortable temperature.

A T

It's amazing to rent a cabin for winter at Windy lake Pearl. You have everything you need inside the cabin (refrigerator microwave and coffee machine) the Nordic sky club team is amazing. You can rent sky and do cross country skiing with in the park or take a longer trip on outside trail by getting a separate permit. Also the snow shoeing trail are very nice and ready to do as well.

Adele Gollop

Rented the cabin and it was lovely! Beautiful inside and the view of the lake is awesome! Perfect for a holiday!

Peter Heimann

Excellent staff. Being a seasonal camper, the staff are always ready to help you and make your visit the best!

Heinz Schmidt

Great

Nathalie Massé

Love this place! Clean, quiet, perfect for the family. Beautiful beaches for everybody including pets. Fishing is very good!

Matt Orshinsky

Wonderful small park. Biggest downside was hearing the trains pass by the park at night

Sandeep Kainth

Great place, but Trains in the night ruin all the fun. Expect 2-3 trains every night. They come, they honk, they leave. They come, they honk they leave.

Justin Brown

beautiful park

K W

To expensive to launch a boat

Jason Labrosse

Excellent

Natalie Giroux

Love the beaches especially the yurts.

Tyler Brouwer

Small park but it has massive sites a beautiful beach and the onaping falls that are nearby are amazing

Lori Shreenan

The bathrooms and showers were ok. They could have been cleaned more often. The sited are really big and the beach is nice. We loved the dog beach.

Guy Jolley

Nice beach,big clear lots. Bring your own wood though,they are still selling sponge wood.

hassenin aljaishi

Great place to be in

Mike Dean

Great site but lost the noisy neighbour lottery. Need to better enforce your no radio zones

Anupama Choudhary

Absolutely stunning place...

Justin Majik

Beautiful park. Brought our boat here for the day during our stay at Halfway Provincial Park. Nice big Lake and a very nice pet beach. We've definitely added this to our list of must stays.

William Gaspar

Wonderful! Great beach, too. Be careful if you try to find the hidden waterfall. Go through the tunnel with the water; do not try to climb the railway embankment.

Chuck Miller

Warm cozy chalet to return to after a couple great skis at Onaping Falls Nordic!

Daniel Dubois

Very private sites compared to a lot of other campgrounds I've been to. Love Windy Lake!

Mark Matijevich

My number 1 camping place

Micheline Pilote

Nothing like being able to spend the day at the beach and still be close to home!!

Jen Vezeau

Awesome family camping.

Guy Vezeau

Nice lake

A Wilson

Totally enjoyed the camp. Roads need a bit of upkeep

Bob Robinson

Great spot and Nordic club

Pamela Patry

A favourite park. But the beach is so far fro. Campground.... need to drive to beach. Also hope you like trains at night.

Josee Soucy

Nice park. Nice staff.

Marc Paradis

They have nice big lots. Many kms of beach. Nice exercise area for dogs. The facilities are rather clean

Traci Luongo

Great park but they need to think about fixing their roads - killer on trailers

Debbie Taylor

Lovely small quiet park. Large sites and great trails. Sadly many empty sites but we had a great escape! Lovely breezy trees. Be prepared for cool nights. Perfect scenic getaway. Lots of roads to let little ones cycle the park safely. Bring …

M Wilson

Good place to go swimming get away for the weekend

Matt Ramsay

It was great

Rachel Milne

Great provincial park. Nice campsites, great beach and day use area.

Duncan Sinclair

So the roads inside the park are beyond disrepair. The potholes are deep enough to swallow a Honda civic. It is not just one or 2 potholes..it is all the roads the entire length of the roads. Easy to snap an axle at slow speeds. The train …