S05E04 Rock Point Provincial Park Review

We camped at Rock Point Provincial Park over the Canada Day long weekend from June 29th to July 3rd, 2023. The was our first time visiting Rock Point. We have now camped at all the provincial parks along Lake Erie. It's a very nice park, however while we were there it seemed to be plagued with some maintenance and cleanliness issues. Jax had a ball playing in Lake Erie at the dog beach. We visited the town of Dunnville and saw Muddy the Mudcat then checked out the Dunnville Farmers Market. We then went to the amazing Commisso Estate Winery for some great wine and charcuterie. Our friends Kelly & Jamie and Sue & John joined us for this trip.
00:00 Intro
02:14 Arriving at the park
02:38 Dump/Fill stations
02:51 Arriving at our campsite
03:23 Park overview
04:44 Campgrounds
06:34 Group sites
07:00 Day Use Areas
08:05 Dog beach
09:11 Camping Entertaining with Kelly
14:32 Woodlot Trail
16:08 Kayaking in Lake Erie
17:48 Cheryl's Loo Review
19:08 Dunnville Farmer's Market
20:09 Commisso Estate Winery
21:05 Park Store
21:23 Cell phone service
22:42 Fishing
23:29 Branch fell on trailer
26:08 Coles Notes
32:54 Park Rating
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[@CampingwiththeColes]

Cell Phone Service: Bell, Telus, Koodo & Virgin Mobile - cell service was non-existent. There was no connection in the campground. Could barely get a signal at the beach to send a text. If you've been to this park please let us know your experience with cell service, especially if your with a service provider different from the ones mentioned.

[@esthers5772]

OMG! Kelly is a riot. She’s a natural on camera. Loved it!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

We're so happy that people get it. We were worried people might just think it's weird. We think it's hilarious. What an act she can put on.

[@remitremblay2091]

Kelly! Wow, she is the funniest camper! Love her 😭😎

[@michaelarrowsmith6906]

Kelly was brilliant. We laughed out loud.

[@Ultrafrozen]

...and the Oscar goes to Kelly for best supporting actress! Love this segment, I'll have to find the first one. Keep up the adventuring.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

The first one was at the end of our Lake St. Peter Provincial Park review. She surreptitiously recorded Camping Entertaining with Kelly on my camera when I mistakenly left my camera at their site for 10 minutes. I found the footage a couple of months later when I was putting the video together. She's hilarious!

[@nataliefay97]

Ok. Petition for Kelly to start her own camp recipes KZbin channel. That was brilliant. 😂 Also lovely video as always!! My fiancé and I love your uploads and you inspired us to take our first camp trip together at Valens conservation area 🎉

[@yuqin405]

Great performance by the apple lady.

[@PamDanyluck]

Rockpoint is about 1/2 hour from us. We camped here a lot when our daughter was small in our first trailer a hard top tent trailer. We always went with another family and had a great time, but glad we now have a travel trailer.

[@ZinaWinter]

Kelly is awesome! She needs her own channel with 10 minute recipes!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Yes she is awesome. We hope she'll do more episodes for us when we camp together. Luckily she's coming with us on our PEI trip. Well see what she cooks up.👩‍🍳🥘

[@Nikita-ui1nj]

I been watch your channel for few years now. Thank you for taking time to share your adventures. Always pleasant to watch. Have nice rest of the summer.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Thanks for letting us know. We appreciate it. Happy camping!

[@stephaniegrace8623]

It looks like a lovely park, so sorry to hear about the maintenance issues. Very thankful you weren’t injured by the tree. I am wondering why some Ontario parks are so thoughtfully maintained some not so much. For example, we have been to Ferris Park many times this year and though the facilities are worn, they are always clean, and cared for.

[@edisonbutt7428]

It was a pleasure meeting you both at Rock Point. Thank you for all the reviews , you do a fabulous job. We find them, and I am sure we are not the only ones, extremely valuable in planning our camping adventures. Ed and Darleigh

[@CampingwiththeColes]

It was nice meeting you too. We hope Jax didn't bug your dog too much on the beach. We're glad you find our reviews helpful. That's the goal for this channel.

[@edisonbutt7428]

Jax was absolutely fine. Maybe one day we will be lucky enough to give Ollie and Jax the chance to play again.

[@erinvanvliet4420]

We grew up less than an hour from Rockpoint that was our Labour Day weekend camping spot. We sometimes would go home to sleep 😂. We haven’t been there in years!

[@Evan_Le5]

The motion graphics are unreal! Great video you two.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Hahahaha, nothing too fancy on this channel.

[@pascalfo6014]

Tank you guys you show the beautyfull Ontario, Canada ❤

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dennisedwards8049]

We always enjoy watching your reviews. You are a lot of fun. Hope to meet you both in the wilds someday. Kelly was awesome!!

[@TylerVlogs-mw4nx]

I love the loo review lol

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Lol thanks

[@barbgilbart7945]

Wow! More unplanned adventures! Hope the rest of the summer is a safe with positive adventures! We just arrived home from the Pinery. While there an a!arm sounded on our phones indicating strong winds and rain with possible tornados! A bit scary, with all those fees around us, but thankfully the winds were not too bad! Thanks to Kelly, and for sharing another of her humorous videos!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

It's the season of mishaps for us. It's scary when you get an alarm like that while camping. Glad it worked out ok for ya.

[@motorcoachtech7615]

Too bad about the tree branch. I hope there wasn’t too much damage. The site you were on at MacGregor looked like #47 in Algonquin we were on 49 in June. Safe travels. Rick

[@JarpVR]

So good! Came here to give Kelly a shout out, too funny! Love your videos so much :)

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Yay! Thank you!

[@wendingourway]

Yikes! Hope all is good. It sure was a rough night here in Lower Sackville, NS yesterday and last night (July 21) with thunderstorms and torrential rain...flooding all over...what a mess. Have been thinking of friends who went camping for the weekend. Just keeping things clean can make a huge difference...just simple things for me. Keep up the adventures! Bruce and Otis

[@alisonlee6800]

Omg Kelly was hilarious 😂 I have been looking forward to this video as we are heading to Rock Point this week! Never been and your tips will definitely help navigate the weekend. Also, your trailer can not catch a break!! Very sorry to hear and see the conundrum you found yourselves in. Look forward to MacGregor point once again! 😊

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Have a good time at Rock Point. It's a nice park. I hope the cleanliness issue was just a one off for the weekend we were there because it's a very nice park. Your kids will love the limestone fossils.

[@puffysnow8504]

We came here in 2019 for day use and just walked around for some reason I didn't like the park that much but we had to camp here to add it to the list so we came back in June 2022 for the weekend. All day both days the park workers kept driving back and fourth with the tractors they were doing something but our experiences was the bathrooms were clean, the park overall was clean too but coming back for a 2nd experiences here this time camping was much better and this park actual grew on me. My overall opinion is it's a good park. It sucks you had a tree fall down on your trailer and I'm glad u guys were safe!!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Unfortunately we only visited this park once so the review you get is from that one time. Some other parks we have a long history with and we know if something like the filthy comfort stations are a one off. We still enjoyed the park. Heck, we pretty much enjoy every park we go to.

[@puffysnow8504]

@CampingwiththeColes I am usually the same way. I have to redo sauble falls to get a better opinion other then that iv enjoyed my stay everywhere too... even craighleigh 😉😉😂😂

[@Nausome_nana]

Great review. Entertaining with Kelly was awesome.💕💕🍎🔥 I actually looked to see if she had a you tube channel. 😂😂❤️ I am glad your trailer did not sustain any damage.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

We think Kelly is awesome too. We're glad people get it. She is hilarious.

[@robertforget6369]

great video apple pie on a stick looks pretty good, see you in the next one

[@CampingwiththeColes]

It's great! Kelly first showed it to us on the May 24 weekend and we've been doing it on every trip so far. I (Ben) don't like roasting marshmallows or weiners, so I was happy to find something I could roast on the fire. It tastes great.

[@sparky-pp4dq]

Sounds like the washroom maintenance is done by an external company not by park staff which is a shame as they don't seem to care just as long as they get the money for the service. Park looks nice overall.. yet another good video!!

[@camper69]

Washroom were clean last time I visited the park. But that was many years ago. My issue was that many sites backed onto cottages/homes. Noise was an issue. Thanks for your review.

[@Pdr-os1ft]

We have been going to Rock Point for years. Your review is spot on. I wish something could be done about the lack of cell coverage. Does anyone know why Rock Point is a cell dead spot? I think that there’s a cell tower in Lowbanks, it makes no sense.

[@wilmabosgraaf9706]

Rockpoint is our closest park…so we have been often….drainage is a huge issue….but if you go often enough you get to know the better sites….there is sand in spots 2-3 feet in…but that too can change yearly, never had the same cleanliness issues…that is unfortunate…staffing issue or funding issue and truthfully sometimes it’s only as clean as the last person left it….we like the closeness to the beach of the sites, biking out of the park at dusk…many deer to be seen….Lake Erie has a wicked undertow….so be aware…thanx for all your reviews…really enjoy….and as a camper that has had a trailer written off due to trees….you were very lucky!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Good to hear that the cleanliness issue isn't normal for the park. Drainage is an issue for many of the Lake Erie Parks. It was bad for us at Selkirk and Port Burwell. At Rock Point when we left at 2:30 am the water on the site was up to 6 inches deep in some parts. I had to carry Jax to the truck or he'd be soaked and muddy. We know we were lucky with the tree. How it missed the awning, trailer and truck was a miracle. It only hit the trailer on the original bounce when it came down but then it wasn't resting on the trailer.

[@debbiepyleverhoeven5234]

Dunnville is my home town, so I enjoyed watching this. You should visit the park during the monarch butterfly migration.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

It looked like a really nice town. We hope to go back.

[@teresagroenewegen-millard5018]

It is a beautiful park with some great trails, and stuff to do.....but as soon as it rains.....it's a flood plain. Our site 139 in Kinsey and were ankle deep in water....most of the Kinsey section was under water....the rest of the park amenities are great but they need to address the drainage issues....the comfort stations at that point are not functional. Sad for such a beautiful park! We had questionable trees as well....I am glad you didn't sustain any trailer damage!! Love watching your reviews and adventures.....always a treat! Adventure on!!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

We've been finding that the parks on the Lake Erie shore are all bad for drainage. When we were at Port Burwell it was an absolute mud pit. At Selkirk we had less rain but the ground was mostly clay so lots of flooding. We're told it gets better later in the season.

[@shannonr2394]

We’ve been going to Rock Point every year for the past several years… we also enjoy the private sites. The comfort stations are usually very clean and odor free, but the vault toilets my kids call “the scary toilets,” are always, well, scary. We went last weekend and even the comfort station (in the Kinsey area) smelled like the septic bed was full, and the showers were not for the squeamish. I thought to myself I bet Cheryl would give this a Skunk, lol! Thank you very much for your channel/reviews, they are very well done and helpful! P.S. I look forward to trying Kelly’s apple pie recipe ;)

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Glad to hear that the cleanliness issue is more of a one off than the norm. You guest right about the skunk. We've been eating the cinnamon apple over the fire for the last few camping trips and we love it.

[@daveyyz63]

Love your videos, look forward to watching every Saturday morning. I was wondering if you could do an overview of the parks you have visited with the best cell phone coverage. I would like to book during the week but need to have connection for work?

[@CampingwiththeColes]

We haven't kept track of our cell phone reviews. We'd have to rewatch all of our videos to come up with that. Maybe that'll be a winter project for me.

[@sharonhamilton7298]

You’ve had some interesting vehicle & trailer issues recently. Hopefully this downed branch will be the last. We were not aware of Rock Point so enjoyed your review. Drove down that way several times - not sure how we missed it. It will be on our “go to” list for next year. Thanks, as always, for your video.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Always an adventure. Wait till you see what happened on our way to Driftwood PP. Not us but our travel companions had the adventure of a lifetime!

[@lisam7036]

Loved Entertaining with Kelly. So entertaining. We went to Rockpoint once. It was ok. Not a favourite.

[@Kerry6691]

Just for fun I did some rudimentary math to see how much a completely full park could potentially take in for a single day. I am sure there are expenses that I am unaware of when it comes to running a park like this, but at approximately 8000$ per day income for the park, you would think they could afford to clean and empty the loo and trim a few bushes to enhance the views in some spots. JMO

[@livinginavwvan207]

Ugh no cell service, hate that. Was at Pinehurst last summer and same thing, no bars and its not even that far from Cambridge, just a total dead zone.

[@jvigh-c8e]

Hi Guys! Love your videos and really helped me plan my trip this year! Off to rock point and then turkey point in September 2024! Please tell me who does that awesome song and the title!!!! I searched the interweb and cant find it. ("I dont know about that") Great tune!!!!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

That would be Lazy Day by Nashional. We get all our music from Epidemic Sound. That's a great tune!

[@ourhomevideosfun3472]

Me and my son love your channel.. we camp and also have a family cottage On sturgeon Bay.. wondering if you have ever been to Sturgeon Bay provincial park, it’s small but cozy, it’s north of Parry Sound?

[@TylerVlogs-mw4nx]

100% nice park, well Taken care of

[@CampingwiththeColes]

We haven't been there yet. It's on our list to go to though.

[@DriversofOttawa]

We visited there a few years back and a park naturalist was by those shells when we did that shoreline trail. She said that they were from a huge kill off of zebra mussels when Lake Erie froze over completely one winter.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Thanks for the info.

[@karrieheikoop7349]

Oh no! Scary. Always my fear in storms.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

A even bigger concern for tenters, pop-ups and hybrids.

[@karrieheikoop7349]

@@CampingwiththeColes yes! Last year at The Pinery a kid was pinned to the ground by an oak tree. Us and many other campers all helped lift the tree off and called for an ambulance. Scariest camping trip ever. I think he was ok- but they were packed and gone the next day. Thanks for sharing. Also we camp at Rock Point- dirtiest vaults I have ever seen.

[@OutdoorsygalO]

Kelly was awesome! 👏🏻😃 That sucks about the branch on the trailer. The turkey on the beach and the deer was nice to see. 😁 Also wanted to add….that looked like the very invasive Zebra and Quaga mussels on the beach. Sad.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Our friend said that he thought the shells were the remains of zebra mussels. I've never seen them like that. I've only seen them alive attached to things and cutting up my feet.

[@OutdoorsygalO]

Sometimes Lake Simcoe has those shells piled up on shorelines in the spring. So sad to see.

[@OutdoorsygalO]

Also, wanted to ask….when it said “Random Kids”…..I was a little confused. Did these kids have glow in the dark necklaces on them? Or was it a moving cartoon drawing?

[@CampingwiththeColes]

@@OutdoorsygalO these kids were walking around the campground with one of their mothers. They had glow sticks attached to their bug jackets and pants.

[@OutdoorsygalO]

@@CampingwiththeColes ~ that’s so cool! Fun stuff! Thanks for showing them to us and for responding. 🙂 We just got home from Emily tonight. Got rained on pretty heavily last night. Was real fun packing up soaked mat, plastic table cloths, firewood etc. 🙄. I should have started last night. LOL! If you ever get the chance and could share some helpful hints about how to make packing up after a night rain less annoying, please do. 🙂 I think if I had watched the weather report ahead of time, then that may have helped. 😁

[@shewolfmountain]

Please bring Kelly back! 😊

[@campkayakadventures]

Nothing related to this video but you guys should look at getting a Zero G water hose and get rid of that plastic one you use. They are a little pricey but they last a lifetime. I have one in my trailer and I use them at home.

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Good advice. We use one at home but just haven't gotten around to picking up one for the trailer. We so seldom use a hose. I thought of it a lot on our Texas trip because we used it at every park but with Ontario Parks we rarely use one.

[@gracespace1]

You had me at flush toilets in the group campsites! But you lost me when you said that none of the facilities were maintained during one of the busiest weekends. 🤮 Not taking me or any of my Pathfinders (Girl Guides) to a campground knowing the lack of cleanliness. Even the outhouses got a skunk from Cheryl. Hopefully, they can make some changes and improve so they will be a much more desirable destination. Thanks again for another great review. On a side note, a friend of mine posted pictures of her and her son camping with some friends and they were wearing your t-shirts!

[@CampingwiththeColes]

We're hoping that the park was just having a bad weekend with cleanliness and maintenance. It's the first time we've been there so we have no other time to compare it to. That's awesome that your friend posted pictures of her and her son wearing our shirts. We'd love if people tagged us in the photos so we could see them and maybe post them on our Instagram.

[@gnucci3958]

Love the ladder, where can I get one? Another great video and sad about the tree branch. We were at Rondeau for this weekend and were lucky not to get any rain..

[@CampingwiththeColes]

I don't have the link handy but it's in the description of the video. It's a 10.5 foot telescoping ladder.

[@sharonhamilton7298]

Meant to add - Thanks Kelly. We look forward to you being the “commercial” to the “Camping with the Coles” videos, in the future. 😊

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@sabrinaperardt9834]

I was there last weekend (july 15) and find the washrooms and showers were disgusting. Also noted they weren’t cleaned during my stay. The map they give when checking could be improved. I would give the park a 6 🙈 loved kelly performance and hope everthing is fine with your trailer

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Thanks for the update

[@raphaelcamden9407]

Hope you didnt have too much damage too your trailer,,,also where did you get the collapsable ladder..looked handy

[@CampingwiththeColes]

No damage thankfully. The ladder is a 10.5 foot telescopic ladder amzn.to/3O2cBks

[@HANDYMANDAN51]

Great vid. Question where did you get your truck's side mirrir extensions? I tow with a 2011 ford expedition .

[@CampingwiththeColes]

Those are CIPA mirrors. They make them for most makes and models of tow vehicles. They're much nicer than those one-size-fits-all mirrors. Go to cipausa.com and put in your year, make and model and they'll tell you the model number for your vehicle. Best to go to Amazon then and search for that model number.

[@leeandrews1072]

I hope your trailer wasn’t damaged? Where did you get that cool extension ladder? Very handy

[@CampingwiththeColes]

I got it from Amazon. Here is the link amzn.to/3O2cBks

[@leeandrews1072]

@@CampingwiththeColes thank you, saves me storing a ladder 🪜

[@cindybrown9898]

new campers appreciate your shows but i ll NEVER use public bathrooms ugh thats why i got a camper

[@craig3818]

We stayed there in 2019, and the comfort station was disgusting, someone puked in the shower, and it was there all weekend.

[@sandram6665]

Hi guys good morning, I amgoing camping on the Sep long weekend and saw the sign for ticks in the washrooms and got freaked out been to multiple ontario parks and never seen such a sign. Specially since I have little one. Just wanted to know if you have experience a tick problem in the campsite. Or is it just on the trails? Thank you

[@CampingwiththeColes]

The Lake Erie parks are popular for ticks. You need to be cautious to try to stay out of long grass and plants if possible. Check your little one and yourself each night before bed. They have to be latched on for at least 36 hours to transmit Lyme disease if they are deer ticks. Have a good time but just be aware.

[@deblowry4535]

Hi Guys. We were there for a day use not too long ago and found the dog beach area was overgrown. Lots of ant hills and very hard to pull a wagon on the ground. This was the area between the day use and dog beach. Did you happen to notice if that had been cleaned up. Debris from broken trees removed?

[@CampingwiththeColes]

That area was cleaned up. A guy was cutting the grass our first day there. The day use area was really the only area they seemed to be taking care of.

[@deblowry4535]

I have had similar experience with the washrooms when my kids were young. There also used to be a lot of litter.

[@johndavid1585]

Why does the campground seem so empty even on Canada Day

[@CampingwiththeColes]

We did most of our filming of the campsites on the Thursday before all the people arrived for the long weekend. It got very busy Friday night and Saturday.