Bassett Barks

Murphy's Point Provincial Park

Our first trip to this park was back in 2008, and it is one of our favourites.  

Beaches: There are two beaches at this park.  We prefer the day use beach, it is smaller and not used as much.  Both are always clean and nice for families.  There is a approx. 3-5 min walk from the parking lot to the day use beach - but well worth it.

View from the day use beach.

View of the day use beach.

Campsites: There are two campsites at this park, with a total of 198 sites.  Some are a lot nicer than others.  We have camped on sites 163, 166 and 168.  These are close to a comfort station, but not too close.  I would not recommend site 163 for a family or a camping group of more than 2.  This site has a fairly steep slope from the parking space to the camping space. This can prove difficult to navigate in the dark.  Sites 166 and 168 are nice and spacious and fairly flat, with only a few obstructions (roots, trees etc).

Wildlife:  There is plenty of wildlife and fishing here.  Our children love the abundance of reptiles and amphibians.  We have spent many hours looking for these wonderful creatures (because I am a fun Mom!).  Murphy's Point is home to the Black Rat Snake.  This snake is very rare, so please break for the snakes!  We have also seen, porcupines and raccoons.  During our visit last year, we found the raccoons to be very bold.  We hadn't even set up our tent, and we had "visitors" trying to get into our things.  The fishing was great too!  Off of the docks, the children had fun catching a variety of pan fish.

View from the boat launch.

Park staff hold a Black Rat Snake!

Other: There is a park store, and visitor centre.  Both are staffed with helpful individuals.  The park is also home to a mica mine, and the park offers guided tours.  I recommend this, our kids were only 6,5,4,3 and they had lots of fun. This tour was very informative.  There is a little bit of walking, but nothing that is difficult.  There is plenty of Park Warden presence - one of the better parks for this.  Whenever we have been here the Park Warden was seen walking around the beach and talking with the visitors.  We have never found other campers a disturbance here - knock on wood.

Enterance into the mine.

Leaving the mine!

Murphy's Point P.P. is classified as a natural environment and is 1,239 ha.  The address for the park is

RR #5

Perth, Ontario

K7H 3C7

613-267-5060

We rate this park 4 out of 5 stars!