Monck Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at Nicola Lake near the town of Merritt. The park's campground is one of those which accepts reservations. Activities including fishing, camping and hiking.
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Overall review is that it's a nice provincial park with lots to offer. Day-Use and Camping review below.
Road to the park is very bumpy but it's not very far so no big deal. Great views along the way. No through road past the entrance to the park so traffic is not a problem.
Ice and firewood sales available on-site.
Little free library at gatehouse for those looking to get lost in a good book.
Day Use Area:
Parking lot is huge with lots of parking spots. There is a boat launch but I didn't go down to it so can't provide any insight on it.
Picnic tables have nice rooftops built above them and there are lots of tables available.
Big field to play in but watch for uneven ground or holes dug by the local wildlife.
Dog beach for your furry friends.
Informative signs throughout the park about the local vegetation and wildlife although many signs are faded and could use a little tlc.
Lake was nice and water was clear. I waded in and it was cool but enjoyable on a warm day.
Camping Area:
Campsites are nice and spaced, with nice open sites, and sites with trees and shade, providing many options to choose from. Many of the sites are classified as "RVs up to 32ft" or "RVs up to 18ft" even though they are easily large enough for a much larger trailer.
I have a 41'6" bumper pull with a quad cab F-350 and all of the sites I observed in the first loop listed as "RVs up to 32ft" were easily able to fit my truck and trailer without any problem, some sites have big rocks around the perimeter and some don't.
There is a playground in the first loop that looked nice if you have kids with you.
One star lost due to campsites being wrongly designated as 32ft and under when a larger trailer can easily fit.
Another thing to note is reservations cannot be made, via the website, past 1:00PM on the day of arrival even when spots are available, in case you arrive spontaneously. There is a 1-800 number posted, available...
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Lovely scenery, nice little beach. Not a ton of privacy in the camground and due to topography and layout noise can be an issue. Had a young party group across the road, literally only party site in park, everyone else was family groups enjoying outdoors, park operators weren't willing to do much, ended up leaving. Didn't go camping to listen to a bunch of yahoos drinking, blaring music and partying all day. Worse was watching them DD off campground to grab food in town, had I the presence I would have reported it but didn't catch plates and was occupied packing up. Have to say park operators were willing to move us, but not like any decent sites were available. End of the day wasn't getting any reasonabke enjoyment from the rental, forfeited the full costs plus fees and found alternate accomodations at further expense. Kicker is no one would take responsibility. Not park operators, not bc parks nor reservation site. All pointed their fingers at each other and fed us false information on pursuing refunds. Thanks for routing us to dead links and circular shortcuts. They might have approached group and asked them to consider campers around them, I'm personally not approaching a bunch of inebriated individuals hoping to reason with them. It might be a fine park but our experience was poor. I'm not against having a good time, hopefully you're respectful of those around you while you do it, those are not mutually exclusive. Sorta ruined the trip and soured me on BC...
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Always a great stop
We are a class A 36' RV with 3 late teens, a car, and a dog. The kids slept in 2 tents. We stayed for 2 nights during a 2 week loop through BC. Monck is a regular stop for us as its very affordable and as with most prov sites, they are spacious, well groomed, and in Monck's case, an amazing view from most sites. Points lost are no fault of the park, the lake is just super cold and this time around it had a heavy, green bloom that we had to shower off.
Pros . beautiful views . big sites, spacious, hard to complain about anything . some hiking, not a lot but some . the park itself is huge, you could easily kill a couple of hours just walking around . dog-friendly park is quite large, although its put off at the back, its quite large compared to most places
Cons . lake water is freezing cold, its the coldest lake by far I've been in BC and I'm a resident . green bloom in the water when we were there. Getting out of the lake you could see the fringe on our bodies. We had to use the outdoor shower on the RV to wash it off . Although the sites are nice, I'd caveat it that for RV'ers or trailers they seem to be backwards. We had to turn around so we could pull in face first. We walked the park and it seemed like most sites were like this. They should reverse the route. . There is a dog beach area, but its way at the back of the park and kinda crappy to be honest. The small beach area for dogs was dirty and not...
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