Crown land suggestions for family please.

[RustyShackleford]

Hey all, I was hoping that someone could help me with a predicament I have run into as of late. Normally in the summer we head up around the Elliot Lake area where every other step is adequate crown land to camp on. With myself finishing up college I don't have the luxury of pulling off that trip on a regular basis anymore. If anyone could point me in the direction of adequate crown land within an hour and a half to two hours from Barrie I would greatly appreciate it. On a decent fishing like would be nice but I am not picky, I just want to get out for the weekend with my family. There needs to be enough room to park a tent trailer with a 12 foot box and my SUV. If you don't want to give away a decent spot on here feel free to PM me. I am not opposed to travelling to the Kawartha Lakes, but a general area to start with would be fantastic. Thank you.

[pics]

There's some crown land near Crystal Lake north of Bobcageon along the fire access roads... Maybe someone in the area could give you more info.....

[RustyShackleford]

Thank you for your help. If anyone has any other info to share I would appreciate it.

[Governator]

You can use the interactive crown land map from the government. Takes a bit to get use to how to use it, it's also very slow but very accurate as you can zoom in very close:

 

http://crownlanduseatlas.mnr.gov.on.ca/

[RustyShackleford]

Ya, I have used the atlas in the past, its just so frustrating to use I just end up more confused than anything. I will take another stab at it though.

[NAW]

Not to many spots in that 2hr range where you would be able to park a camper trailer, and have access to a lake. Not without pissing off some cottagers anyways.

 

Good luck to ya though. I'm a crown land camping guy myself, but I boat into almost all of my campsites. If you can park the car, and access campsite by boat, that opens up a ton of spots.

[Tootsie II]

Just tried using that gov't of Ontario website. Looked at the areas where we go and virtually none of the roads we use are shown. Anybody else found this?

[RustyShackleford]

Well I know for a fact that a lot of the crown land that we use in the Elliot Lake area is mis labeled as either private or something else...so that doesn't surprise me.