Cape Split Trail Head | Informal Campsite

March 24th, 2024 by experiencedbeheading80

Scenic Trailhead parking lot with some flat spots. A couple other cars and us in the lot. Great spot for a sunset dinner and overnight. No signage forbidding overnight camping. Trail was wet- waterproof footwear needed today. ((Offseason))

September 26th, 2023 by miss_unco

Spent the night with about 3 other campers. Great to stay here and get up to hike at 9am before it gets busy!

Pit toilets available if needed, lots of level spots, great view of sunset and tides

September 24th, 2023 by ClewleysOnTour

Very busy as we arrived on a Sunday. We stopped for 2 nights and only woken once at about 5.00am with a car and loud music. Only lasted about 20 minutes. The hike around the Spit is mainly under cover of trees. We enjoyed it.

July 31st, 2023 by girkoconstruction

perfect spot
sunset view a couples of km before
moonrise over the water!!
love it

July 20th, 2023 by dfiola

très belle endroit grand stationnement très tranquille le soir sentier pédestre

May 20th, 2023 by yachtwillow

Trail head parking. It was packed out with cars being a long weekend but we lucked out with a great park for our 24' RV. It quitened down a lot until there was just us and one other Adventure truck overnight. Perfect! Quiet, serene and just lovely. No facilities as it is outside tourist season but all good.

April 12th, 2023 by jasper

Beautiful and peaceful spot. Recommend to visit.

October 18th, 2022 by Peter Beens

Great spot for overnighting in your vehicle. When I was here there was already an RV parked here, also staying overnight. No hassles, no problems.

September 16th, 2022 by after4adventures

Great place to spend a night. Amazing sunset! Pretty far off the beaten path so if you come here try to make time for some hiking. Otherwise not ideal for just a quick overnight stop due to its location.

August 26th, 2022 by 2009bmw

Still a great place, as advertised!
Great place for dogs too!

August 19th, 2022 by Voyages67

Très bien,très calme le soir, plus de gens le jour pour le sentier qui est magnifique à faire!

July 18th, 2022 by Calimero

Slept here last night. There was 2 other vans in the parking lot. Very quiet and very dark.
On a couché ici la nuit passée. Deux autres vans étaient présentes. Très tranquille et très sombre.

April 5th, 2022 by kleine.erlebnisse

the information is still up to date. well maintained trail head already open for the season with a beautiful view. locals occasionally driving by and no signs forbidding overnighting

October 13th, 2021 by gallivantingaround.ca

Amazing spot to park overnight! View is fantastic and the advice to park away from the trailhead was good - people do come quite early to start on the trail.
There are picnic tables, garbage/recycling/compost, pit toilets. I’m not sure when the pit toilets and garbage cans are locked/taken down for the season.

September 26th, 2021 by Nomad N Rad

As described. The hike was pretty hum drum though.
A nice quiet night was had and the bathrooms were open all night

September 25th, 2021 by Nomad N Rad

We spent two nights here. There are several picnic tables scattered about and 2 pit toilets

August 17th, 2021 by RoamingRammie

we stayed here the night, no problems. a local even stopped by after doing the hike and said we wouldnt be bothered here.
carpark does get busy in the day as the trail is a popular one, but at night it was empty.

August 26th, 2020 by Arpi and Gabi

As described. Busy in the afternoon but empty at night. One other Rv stayed. Trail is worth the walk.

August 22nd, 2020 by Charlie2015

Nice spot. Beautiful view. Hiked the 12.6 km trail. Worth the hike for the amazing view at the end. Very busy being a beautiful sunny Saturday. Quiet night, one other vehicle spent the night. Vault toilets pretty dirty. In the morning people start arriving around 7:30-8:00 am to go hiking. Would stay here again.

August 17th, 2020 by youtube.com

Beautiful, very quiet at night great to get an early start on the hike

August 17th, 2020 by youtube.com

Beautiful hike and views from parking lot are very nice as well spent the night, did the hike in the morning (4.5 hours) had no issues

August 8th, 2020 by frances

Spent one night. Very busy during the day but quiet at night. Had no problems. Lovely hike! The spot diagonal from the trail head on the water side, the last one on that side, is right in front of a little trail down to a bench with a beautiful view.

November 17th, 2019 by maximecr

Nice spot with a beautiful view! A few people came around 6:30 to start the trail but the parking lot is really big! I suggest to park at the opposite of the trail start!

October 10th, 2019 by pawel

We spent a night there with two other RV's. Peaceful spot with overnight access to the pit toilets. Information sign says 8km one-way but it is 6,5km easy walk. After a hike, we took a free shower at the Blomidon Provintial Park that is nearby. Asked employee allowed us to use it (it is very low-season). Hint: there are couple of places near that park that offers scenic view for the bay.

August 29th, 2019 by sognatoriconcreti.com

Great spot to spend one night. Amazing view in the morning, quite, picnic tables, toilet. I did the hiking the day after and the view on the top is amazing.

August 21st, 2019 by heloisepeaud

Wonderful spot for a night, the view is amazing, there are picnic tables and pit toilets on site! Several people here at dawn but they all left by 10pm. Spent the night with another RV there.

August 18th, 2019 by tibe.gelies

Stayed two nights and had no problems. Nice place with a good view but the pit toilets were not clean at all (still better than no toilets). Did the hike too. 12km return and except of the nice view in the end it was quite boring... Several cars comming in the early morning to do the hike but other than that is was really quite (and dark!) at night.

August 15th, 2019 by baran.simon

Amazing place would recommend slept here for 5 nights

August 14th, 2019 by bastian_wenzel

Great place. Nice views of the bay. The hike is worth it.

August 8th, 2019 by canbike

Great place to park for night. Did long trail to Cape Split along with many other hikers. Nice picnic table, watched tide rise and fall on bay. Quiet night as we had rain starting 6pm.

July 16th, 2019 by Maritime Lady

Great spot to park overnight. Didn't see any signs saying you couldn't. Overlooking the tail end of the Bay of Fundy. Very clean pit toilets, picnic tables, and garbage/recycle bins. There is a 6 km trail here as well. We didn't do it. A couple cars stayed til dark and then we were alone. Mosquitoes were bad. There are homes along the route just before the gate. You have to drive up a very large hill before you come down the other side to the trail head. Views of valley below are spectacular.

May 5th, 2019 by campeau

Great place. Very quiet at night. A town official was there and told us it was okay to camp there.

October 23rd, 2018 by globusgo

Great spot. Plenty of space. Even some other campers so late in October. Quiet. Great hike.

September 16th, 2018 by dpberry

Stayed one night. Tide coming is quite loud but still a good sleep. Beautiful views of the cliff faces in the bay. I saw a couple other van and car dwellers on the trailhead.

September 10th, 2018 by isabelleduchaine

Parking at the beginning of the Trail, great spot and quiet

July 4th, 2018 by aesimeth

Awesome place. Gravel car park at the end of the road/ start of the Cape split trail. Picknick tables and pit toilets. Really quiet. Few locals and hikers until about 9pm then had the place to myself

June 29th, 2018 by drivingnanook.com

Flat gravel parking lot overlooking Scots Bay. Maintained by provincial parks association. Pit toilets, garbage disposal station, entrance to scenic hiking trail, lots of space, excellent view of the bay with picnic table and bench. Mostly quiet - the lot is at the end of the main road and used by some to turn around and head back into the town of Scots Bay so there’s a tiny amount of traffic noise in the evening. The tide made more noise to be honest. No one bothered us. Stayed two nights no problem. No signs saying you can’t park overnight. One other large camper stayed as well.