Ruckle Provincial Park

what to expect

Ruckle Park on Salt Spring Island is one of the most beautiful parks in the southern Gulf Islands area. Pitch your tent in the grassy meadow overlooking Swanson Channel then lie back and relax, watching pleasure boats and ferries sail by in a stately and colourful parade. With its seven kilometres of shoreline, rocky headlands, and tiny coves and bays, Ruckle Park provides hours or even days of enjoyable exploration. Forest, field, and shore habitats make it one of the most productive wildlife viewing areas on Salt Spring.  Watch for sea lions and killer whales out at sea, as well as mink and river otters cavorting along the shoreline. Tidal pools are filled with a brightly coloured mix of crab, mussel, limpet, oyster, sculpin, starfish, and more. Scuba divers frequent the waters off Ruc…

Description: BC Parks

the basics

The campsites

Things to do nearby

Within 5 km — trails, viewpoints, beaches, boat launches you can reach without packing up camp.

• Ruckle Park Beach Beach · 1.4 km · Google Maps ↗
• Yeo Point Beach Beach · 1.5 km · Google Maps ↗
• Grandma's Beach Beach · 1.7 km · Google Maps ↗
• Menhinick Drive Beach Beach · 3.3 km · Google Maps ↗
• Seabright Drive Beach Beach · 3.5 km · Google Maps ↗
• Beddis Beach Beach · 4.0 km · Google Maps ↗

Plus 2 user-tagged beaches, 1 user-tagged viewpoint on OpenStreetMap — visible as pins on the map below.

What's around

Ruckle Provincial Park plus 6 named places to see and do nearby — trails, beaches, viewpoints, water, and services.

Water + services

• Nearest dump station — dump station node/1997886634 38 km · Google Maps ↗
• Nearest potable water 1.6 km · Google Maps ↗

what to bring

This list adapts to Ruckle Provincial Park. no showers means a travel towel;

If Ruckle Provincial Park is full

Other places to stay within 25 km.

• Ruckle Provincial Park RV Sites 1-8 Public campground · 1.8 km · Google Maps ↗
• Group Campsite Dispersed camping · 1.9 km · Google Maps ↗
• Ruckle Park, Walk-in Camping Dispersed camping · 2.1 km · Google Maps ↗
• Arbutus Point Campground - Gulf Islands National Park Reserve Public campground · 5.6 km · Google Maps ↗
• Arbutus Point Campsite / BCMT Dispersed camping · 5.6 km · Google Maps ↗
• Shingle Bay Campground (BCMT) Dispersed camping · 5.7 km · Google Maps ↗
• James Bay Campground - Gulf Islands National Park Reserve Public campground · 6.4 km · Google Maps ↗
• Shell Beach Campground, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, Parks Canada Public campground · 6.8 km · Google Maps ↗

Plus 5 user-tagged dispersed sites on OpenStreetMap — often genuine wild-pitches; check access rights before relying on one.