Cavendish, PEI – Here is my flippant summary: a very busy campground with a bunch of trailers and kids running amok. I spotted exactly one other class A motorhome in this large, sprawling campground. Not necessarily a bad thing, but the density of campers here is higher than I like. We scored a water and electric site, but only had 30 amps, which is common in Canada. With an all-electric coach this is somewhat of a nuisance, even only running 1 AC unit. But the bigger problem was common low voltage alerts from our monitoring system. 108 volts was about the highest we saw. At peak times it would drop to 100 volts and our protection system would shut our entire unit down. Fun times. The sewer dump was an easy stop on our way out of the campground. They offer sites with sewer, but none were available in our size at the time we made our reservation. With its beach access, this is a popular park so plan ahead.
Cavendish Beach in Prince Edward Island National Park
The sites are all back-in only, with not much room to maneuver. We managed to back our 33’ class A on the first try. A 35’ unit would fit, but you might scrape bushes with the front end to make that swing. We watching a guy with a 35’ 5th wheel and a huge dually pickup truck take a good 30 minutes to back into a site. Unsupervised young kids running in front of his truck did not help matters.
Our site had a number of trees to maneuver around, but offered plenty of shade (not great for solar)
Interior roads were gravel at Cavendish
The only upside to staying here is the reason we stay at public parks in the first place: direct access to hiking and biking trails, and Cavendish did not disappoint. We rode our bikes directly from the campground to the beach and then onto a paved biking trail. There are also tons of touristy type places in the nearby town of Cavendish to spend your touristy dollars if you’re so inclined. We tried a Beaver Tail franchise, home of flat, fried dough objects in the shape of a beaver tail sprinkled with unhealthy toppings, and came away very disappointed. I thought chocolate hazelnut spread and banana slices on fried dough would be hard to screw up, but I was wrong. But they look nice.
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Campground website: Cavendish Campground Prince Edward Island National Park
Date of Stay: August 4-8, 2019
