This park offers large vehicle accessible campsites. There are 25 double camping sites. No pull-through sites are available. Almost all sites offer shade at different periods throughout the day. Campsite reservations are accepted and first-come, first-served sites are also available. The campground has a gatehouse that is manned from 7:00 am to 11:00 pm during the peak periods.

Vehicle Accessible Camping Fee: $24.00 per party /night
BC Senior's Rate (Shoulder Season only): $12.00 per senior's couple/night

No wilderness, backcountry or walk-in camping.

There is a group campsites at this park. The group site has a covered shelter and large grassy area. There are several individual campsites to allow some privacy in the group site. Click here for reservation information.

Group Camping Fee: $24.00 per party / night
Youth Group Camping Fee: $50.00 per group / night - This rate applies only to non-profit youth groups.

This park has a day-use/picnic area. The day-use area has tables, a change house and flush toilets. This area also offers a grassy play area, an adventure playground, an amphitheatre, a self-guided nature trail and a boat launch. The day use area offers no covered shelters, BBQ’s, fire pits, or water taps. There are no horseshoe pits. This park has a large sandy beach in the day-use area. The day-use area is open between 7:00 am and 11:00 pm. The gates will be closed and access will be prohibited outside of these hours. Fires are prohibited in the day-use areas.
Day-use Area Vehicle Parking Fee: $1.00 per vehicle / hour to a maximum of $3.00 per vehicle per/day. For information about yearly parking passes, or further information about parking fees, click here.

There are wheelchair accessible toilets and shower facilities as well as a campsite. The main beach trail is wheel chair accessible and there are picnic tables in the day-use areas.

Cold water taps are located throughout the park. Taps are shut off during the off-season. There are hose hook-ups for campers and trailers located at the sani-station.

Pit and flush toilets are located throughout the park.

Hot showers are available in this park in the campground. There is no additional fee for their use. Shower facilities are for campground visitors only.

A sani-station/dump is available during the collecting season and is located on the left as you enter the park.
Sani-station Use Fee: $2.00 per discharge

Firewood can be purchased in the park or you may bring your own wood.Fees for firewood are set locally and may vary. To preserve vegetation and ground cover, please don't gather firewood from the area around your campsite or elsewhere in the park. Dead wood is an important habitat element for many plants and animals and it adds organic matter to the soil. You can conserve firewood and air quality by keeping your campfire small. Campfire bans may be implemented and some parks may use communal fire rings. Be prepared to bring a portable stove for cooking. Fires are prohibited in the day-use areas.

Regularly scheduled interpretive programs are available on a limited basis in July and August. Check notice boards for schedules.

There are numerous walking and biking trails – with one self interpretation trail in the park. Copper Island has a 2.8 hiking trail for viewing surrounding areas. Access to Copper Island is by boat only. For your own safety and the preservation of the park, obey posted signs and keep to designated trails. Shortcutting trails destroys plant life and soil structure.

This park does not have a playground.

There is an adventure playground and large grassy area in the day-use portion of the park. Adults should supervise younger children. There are no horseshoe pitches in this park.

There are no lifeguards on duty at provincial parks. There is 1 km of sand and pebble beach, and a swimming area marked by buoys. Shuswap Lake is very busy. Swimmer's Itch is present at times. It can best be avoided by toweling off as soon as you leave the water, or by applying baby oil to your skin before you enter the water. In the summer months the water temperature is very inviting for swimmers. Snorkeling is popular.

Canoeing and kayaking are popular on the lake. Please note that lake conditions can change quickly. Pay close attention to changing weather and wind conditions. Large waves can develop quickly.

Boat, canoe and jet-ski rentals are available from businesses in the local area. Kayak rentals will be available in July and August through the Nature House/Gift Shop - a portion of the proceeds will be donated to help support our interpretive/nature program.

A paved double boat launch, no limit to size (vehicle towed) located within the day-use area. Hours are 7:00 am to 9:30 pm; no fee; large parking lot (no overnight storage).

The launch is not steep. Boats are prohibited from staying overnight on the park beach. There is a marina to the parks immediate west and there are several other marinas located around the lake. Water skiing and windsurfing are allowed on the lake.
Safe boating procedures should be practiced at all times. Be aware of swimming areas. Get a weather forecast, and be alert to changing weather. Personal watercraft must obey all boating regulations.

Shuswap Lake contains 16 species of fish. Anyone fishing or angling in British Columbia must have an appropriate licence. Licences and bait can be purchased locally. Refer to the British Columbia Fishing regulations for limits, closers, and restrictions. There are special regulations for Shuswap Lake.

Only specific trails are open to bike use. Ensure all bikes stay on trails. With heavy vehicle use on park roads, ensure youngsters are supervised. Bicycle helmets are mandatory in British Columbia.

To protect the park vegetation, cyclists are not permitted on the nature trails, grassy areas, or on the shoulders and banks of park roads. Cyclists are permitted on the park perimeter trail and the beach trail but must give way to pedestrians/hikers. All bike paths are gravel. Bike rentals are available from local businesses.

Horseback riding is offered by businesses in the local area but not permitted in the park.