Bass Lake Provincial Park Review

Bass Lake Provincial Park is off the 400 about 5 km West of Orillia.  It is a smaller park, about 1 1/4 hours from Toronto.  It's convenient location make it easy for novice campers as it's close to Walmart or shopping in case you forgot something.  It has a very small beach and children's play area.  There is a 2.8 km hike along the beach which is quite nice.  The beach can get quite crowded and is very dirty with Goose droppings as the Canada Geese have taken it over.  The children's playground is also very, very small with antique (old & out of date) equipment.  The campsites are small and quite close together and lack privacy.  It is packed during Long Weekends and the peak season of July & August.  This past year my husband took our family there for Opening Weekend which was Mother's Day- I enjoyed bacon & eggs lovingly prepared for me on the open fire! Only 5 sites in total were booked which was perfect.
It felt like we had the whole park to ourselves.  This particular park is best enjoyed in May, June and September when it's less busy and more peaceful.
Overall, I would not recommend this park as the campsites are not very good, the beach is not good and there's really nothing to see. It's just OK. Thumbs halfway between up and down.