The best thing about this park is its central location for visiting National Parks in the area. We used this campground as a base for exploring.This campground looks tired. Minimal upkeep. Long term residents in dilapidated vehicles at the entrance. Not a good first impression. Rustic sites with little amenities. Everything worked good. There is a security gate at the entrance that is only open from 1pm to 8pm. They do email a code to you for after hours. Office is open 1-8pm too. Laundry was not good. Old machines, half were broken. Wasps everywhere. I mean seriously everywhere. Couldn't sit outside at all. I set a trap but it didn't help. I was really looking forward to this park, but I would recommend staying elsewhere. We camped at Whispering Spruce Campground in a Motorhome. read more

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We got there at 12:30pm, the manager came up to us and asked us when we got in, we said 5 minutes ago and he made us leave and come back again at 1pm. We had to drive around aimlessly until 1pm. He was incredibly rude and unfriendly. The bathrooms were dirty. There must be new management because when we were here two years ago, we had an amazing time. Will not be returning. read more

Oh my. I wanted this place to be decent. That was my hope, decent! NOPE Friends are coming up from California I wanted to park our RV here for them to stay at. The owner was great. Nice guy. But sadly their "seasonal" ~cough LIVE INS cough~ ruin the whole park. Pitbulls. Beer cans galore. Dumpy, scary trailers. Kiddie pools. I feel scared just writing this review and recalling my memories. I would never let my children roam free at this place. If you are a nice couple or family looking for a great campground close to Calgary THIS IS NOT YOUR PLACE. Too bad really. I wanted it to work. read more

This summer, our family decided to take a tour around BC with our fifth wheel, taking random stops to spend the night with no real plan of where that would be. We always opted for full-service campsites because, while we enjoy camping, we aren't that interested in roughing it too much! Our travels to and from home had us staying in Golden, BC where we stayed in this campground twice. The campground itself is well kept and an enjoyable stay. It had decently sized pull through sites and cleanly facilities. It is an older campsite, so it wasn't new. It wasn't terribly busy, but speaking to the caretaker, due to the twinning of the Trans Canada and its re-routing into that area, the traffic has slowed for them significantly. Which needs to be addressed later in this review. Despite its position right next to the Trans Canada Highway, it wasn't noisy. However, our site both times was fairly far back. I imagine if the campgrounds were much more full and we were placed by closer to the highway, this might be a much different opinion. As it was mentioned above, the construction and re-routing to the entrance of this campground is awkward, particularly when travelling west. You really have to follow the signage. If you do make the turn, you are lead to a traffic circle which can be a little difficult to manage with a large rig. If you are going east, if you miss the turn, you are likely to just keep going because turning around on the Trans Canada in this area with a larger rig is next to impossible. However, in an easterly direction, this is probably your last opportunity to grab a full service campsite without having to fork out park fees in a National campsite! With all of that said, when travelling through Golden with our camper and if needing a place to stay, we wouldn't hesitate to stay there again. read more

Stayed here 1 night. Got to the site early, and the Lady, Terri was very nice. I had hydro and water. Site 10 lower level. It was quite flat and was set up in no time.Yes Highway 1 runs by, wasn't very noisy, but your back on the Highway in minutes. The showers are free and spotless clean. Wood was delivered right to my campsite. The views of the nearby mountains are beautiful. I will be back next year on my annual trip to BC. Thanks for the great camping spot for me and Mable the motor home! read more

Went on a trip last weekend with 16 guys for a bachelor party. We made a reservation, agreed to make a deal 2 to 3 weeks prior to our trip. They gave us two serviced sites and we had 3 tents in the group tent area, the deal was simply by purchasing the 3 sites, we could forego the "$6 a day/extra person fee". Off to the campground for the weekend, we arrived and set up on the Friday. The campsites were below average, though it was nice to have the space where we were. the grounds were not extremely well taken care of and on night 1 I ended up spraining my ankle walking over a rut. Additionally, there was recycling bottle bags left out on the ground and the garbage seemed unsecure (excellent for bear country?)...Facilities (bathrooms and showers) were in shambles and the "park" was a teeter totter and a set of swings in overgrown grass. Its like a maintenance team didn't exist. Sad for such a beautiful area of BC. The next day, the manager came to us, and mentioned that the owner was in town from California and was unhappy that we were given a deal. He was angry because we had so many people under the booking (the 16 we had previously agreed on...) and told the manager she needed to renegotiate the deal with us as it was unacceptable. So we were charged more on top of the original agreement we had made because he saw an opportunity to make more money on us than he had. I understand its a business decision, however, if you shake on an agreement, there should not be grounds to go back on it. If you're someone who looks at the ground constantly when they walk, likes to watch bears at close and wants to constantly have to worry about "renegotiating" your deals, this campground is for you. I would recommend Golden Municipal or other campgrounds far before returning to this one. The lack of care/maintenance for the site and the disregard for any customer consideration would make anyone sour. read more

We have stayed in a lot of campgrounds and RV parks over the years. We are not what I would call "fussy people". However....may I say that you must avoid the Whispering Spruce Campground at all costs. It is, by far, the WORST campground that we have ever stayed in. As you approach the office to register, you are greeted by a sign that says "No Refunds. Don't even ask" on the porch. That should have been the first clue. There is another sign stating the same policy over the desk. And in the handout you are given. And there was a terrible smell in the office/ping pong room. One of the main reasons we went to Whispering Spruce was because wifi was advertised and also a laundry was available. No wifi unless you brought your computer into the office/pingpong room (did I mention the terrible smell in there?) and the laundry room was dis.gust.ing. And only 1 washer out of 3 working. So handy. 80% of the people in this park live there, either part-time or full-time. I have no problem with that; we have stayed in many campgrounds that have residents and part-time residents. However, it is obvious that there are no rules about the amount of junk and litter that the residents are allowed to have all around their rigs. Our "view" was particularly bad. Oh - and large barking dogs, tied up outside the rigs, added to the overall ambiance. And the train that borders the property - wow, who knew that trains could run so frequently? The roads are gravel and dirt, and have some of the most major potholes we have ever had the pleasure to travel over. The next day, as we were leaving, we drove all around trying to find a place to dump our trash. We could never find a receptacle - but no worries - we finally dumped it in the bed of the pickup that was filled with trash right across from the office! It was obvious that the truck had not been moved in a while. Sadly, this is the only campground north of Calgary that we could find. If we hadn't been traveling all day, and we had another choice we would have left to go elsewhere. But we had no alternative. My advice? Either alter your route or find a WalMart parking lot to camp in. Stay away from this place. read more

Me and my family decided to just get up and travel threw bc as we are from Alberta. All the campgrounds we called where fully booked and this place saved us! The new manager was vary helpful and friendly. And I love the book swap that they have in the office read more

Great place, great renovated showers! Clean bathrooms, loved it. Got a tent site with a view, friendly community, friendly staff. Has WiFi, service, water, everything. Would recommend for first time campers and families. read more

"Whispering Spruce"? Roaring Highway more like. This places is about 20 metres from Highway #1, on a grade where semis grind up in a low loud gear, or come down using engine retarder brakes, all night. The plots are so small you can reach out and touch the RV next door. Only positive thing I can think of is that there is plenty of hot water ion the showers. read more

Excellent customer service, and I mean tons of room for R.V. Parking and Storage. If you need land space, or coming to Calgary for Stampede, definitely check out this place for a spot. Highly recommended Whispering Spruce - R.V. Park & Storage read more

Keep driving till you get to another campground. Stayed here for a month in a 29 ft motorhome, this place is BAD! They let a guy in a pick up truck park beside me, the guy slept in the back, not even a self contained unit. He would start that wreak up at 6:30 every morning making noise and stinking up the campground with burning oil. The owners have rules on keeping dogs on leash but let there 2 big dogs run loose all the time. Water leaks from the taps, and leaking on the eletrical outlets. Since I`ve been full - timing I`ve stayed at hundreds of campgrounds and this place is the worst by far. read more

Just like most of Canada's RV parks, very poor, noisy highway 1, sites are a mess, watched a rig take his mirror off trying to get around a tree , only thing going for this place is the tall trees, camp sites right on top of each other, rude campers from Alberta, just like the way they drive, headed back to the States where they have real RV Parks, Beautiful country, but need RV parks that are not just stink holes read more

Very old well treed campground. Nice management team funny older gay couple. They have one employee a disabled youth. Since last years visit they have done a renovation of the store/officee. It was well socked with basic groceries, ice cream chips pop and chocolate. The laundry room has new equipment. We where able to use the free wifi at the top of the row. We stayed three days this year and hope to return next year for a longer time to take advantage of the rafting that you can book in the office. read more

You be the Judge ME: Our situation is unique. We are just looking for a place to spend the night on our way to Vancouver. We will be arriving late and leaving early. We will likely need 2 sites. Most campgrounds have asked that we book 2 because we have 8 adults and one child 4yrs of age. We plan to sleep 5 adults and one child in the motorhome and sleep the other 3 adults in a tent. If you will allow us to use one site with just an extra charge or whatever per adult, that is great. If not, are there two sites next to each other that we could book? --- I was very much hoping for some feedback prior to completing any kind of booking. I wanted to know what kind of accommodation they would be able to provide. I couldn't have guessed what the final charges would have been in our situation. Some kind of quote prior to charging my card would have done. I received nothing. After a couple days, I booked elsewhere. After discovering a charge on my card, I left a voicemail explaining that I had booked elsewhere. The campground does not answer their phone or discuss reservations on the phone. They prefer to keep things digital and avoid talking to customers directly. I will copy for you our correspondence. HIM: If you are en-route we are holding a couple of spots for you. I think we had problems on our end sending the confirmation email due to a system glitch; but have space for you if you are nearby. There will be no penalty for no-show under the circumstances but please come in by midnight if you are arriving tonight ME: I just returned from my vacation and am reading this email now. I understand that things get mixed up now and then. Of course, though, we had to honour the reservation we made with Golden Municipal. Can you help me sort out the charge to my credit card? HIM: Craig; check the reservation policy please. If you cancelled without a 48 hour window then there is nothing we can do; but if you gave valid notice the deposit minus $10 for process charges on our end will go back to you. ME: Please check your last email to me and my previous email to you. I NEVER booked with you. I made a reservation inquiry to which nobody ever replied to. Naturally, I booked with another campground, assuming you were full. You apologized for the mess up and said there would be no penalty. Even so, you offered to hold a site if I still needed one. Of course I did not need one. Just as I told you, I had booked another site, seeing as I hadn't received a confirmation that you had anything available. A reservation request is not permission for you to charge my credit card. Rest assured, if you cannot remedy my concern, I will do everything in my power to refute the charge via my credit provider and share my feelings on every search engine, travel site and social networking provider you advertise with. HIM: When you submit a reservation form as you did it gives us every right to take and hold 50% deposit to hold your site. There were two sites booked; one tent and one rv. A deposit was taken for each...and a response should have been sent out to you. However....at this point it is not worth my time to debate this. I will have the GM take a look at the file and sort this out. He will contact you tomorrow via email ME: You can run your business how you wish, I suppose. Of the 5 campgrounds I dealt with over the weekend, yours was the only one that took money without telling me what I would be paying for and confirming first that the sites were acceptable with me before proceeding. However, you say it was a simple computer glitch. Thank you for being willing to make it right ME: I have not been contacted by your GM yet. Were you serious about sorting this out? HIM: GM said its not worth his time. I agree with him on that matter and there will be nothing else done from here. Read the webpage cancellation procedures. There it is. You choose if this is someone you want to camp with. Customer concerns aren't worth their time. Wouldn't be surprised if the owner has crafted his own clever reply to this. In any case, make your choice read more

They may advertise to be kid-friendly and pet-friendly, but don't believe it. The playground is a danger zone. And, although they will take your money to stay there, they clearly don't like dogs. The owner told us, after we paid for our stay, that "We're thinking of going pet-free." In fact, I'm not certain "friendly" describes this place -- or the owners -- at all. We much preferred Symons Valley in Calgary or Mountainview near Chestermere -- or George Lane Campground in High River -- over this place and would never return. read more