Great place to stay for exploring Nelson. Super convenient. Clean. Had wifi, places to wash dishes, do laundry, shower. We stayed multiple days. The trees above helped keep our site relatively dry from the off and on again rain. The staff was super friendly. Would stay here again, definitely. read more

Nope. No. Nyet. Nein. How many ways can I say no? We made reservations for two tent sites during our motorcycle trip across Canada. We are veterans of the tent camping at primitive sites / truck stop / RV park scene, so I'd offer that our standards are pretty reasonable and based in years of experience. We rolled in after putting in about 500 miles. Immediately upon approaching the site, we began having those weird gut feelings telling us something wasn't quite right. The site itself is built into a hillside and the retaining walls outlining the park are covered in graffiti. As soon as I put my kickstand down, I got a weird stare down from some sketchy tweeker who I couldn't tell if he was eyeballing my equipment or challenging me to a dance off. The tent sites here are akin to a homeless camp. Cramped, dirty, and full of some people of questionable intent. The RV portion is little more than a gravel parking lot that is nut to butt as far as spacing goes. A fellow motorcyclist from Australia approached us and told us that we'd be best served to move on. He pointed out the sketchy tweeker and his entourage of turds, stating that they were confrontational, rude, and frankly of questionable moral character. In all fairness, Nelson has kind of a hippie artist vibe to it, so I wasn't all that shocked that the campsite embraced that ethos. The staff at the campsite were completely professional and I felt that the attendant wasn't all that shocked that we decided to move on. He even offered up multiple other options in the area. Let me be clear. There is no way I would stay at this campsite with 5 grown men, let alone with my family or kids. If you are completely self contained in a van or RV with a way of securing your property, you'll probably be ok, but you'll be rolling the dice. Bring a knife and your best parachute pants. The chances of a dance off or knife fight breaking out are good. read more

Not sure why this place has such poor reviews. My husband, dog, and I stayed here 2 nights over labour day weekend 2020 and we had a great time. It's called City of Nelson Campground, so yes, you are right in the city. Short walking distance to a TON of restaurants and assorted shops. Excellent dog beach within walking distance (~15 minutes or so). Check in was easy, the employees were very nice. Fellow campers were awesome. This place had a great vibe. Showers and bathrooms available, water pressure and temperature was great. A bit of road and train noise, but that's a sacrifice you make to be in such an awesome location. 100% would come here again! read more

good, close to town,very nice bathroom and pavillion. bad, there are no sites,you are just crammed in everywhere.rv,s have ext cords laying on ground everywhere.we were bicycling selkirk loop , why anyone with a rv or car would want to stay there is beyond us.nelson was the most overated town on the loop.bums and kids begging for money all over town. kaslo and city campground much nicer. read more