Rochon Sands Provincial Park
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Rochon Sands Provincial Park is located on the south shore of Buffalo Lake, one of the largest and most popular lakes in central Alberta. Visitors can enjoy a large sandy beach or get into the water to swim, boat, canoe, or fish. The park is very close to the village of Rochan where visitors can find services, including a small concession stand with ice cream and a playground. Rochan Sands is a bird lovers paradise. With its many shallow bays, it provides nesting sites for great blue herons, black-crowned night-herons, Canada geese, ducks, common terns, American avocets and ring-billed gulls. Ross's geese, American white pelicans and piping plovers may also be seen. Other species include northern orioles, western wood-pewee, great horned and short-eared owls, and golden and bald eagles. Ro…
Description: Alberta Parks
the basics
The campsites
Things to do nearby
Within 5 km — trails, viewpoints, beaches, boat launches you can reach without packing up camp.
- Ol Macdonald Resort Beach
Plus 2 user-tagged beaches, 1 user-tagged boat launch on OpenStreetMap — visible as pins on the map below.
What's around
Rochon Sands Provincial Park plus 1 named place to see and do nearby — trails, beaches, viewpoints, water, and services.
Water + services
- Nearest dump station — dump station way/37000379
5 user-tagged water sources on OpenStreetMap.
what to know
Updated each morning from provincial parks and Environment Canada.
what to bring
This list adapts to Rochon Sands Provincial Park. no showers means a travel towel;
If Rochon Sands Provincial Park is full
Other places to stay within 25 km.