I believe you can camp on any crown land
I believe you can camp on any crown land
If so I would assume that would be negated by signage "No Camping / Fires" etc.
I get the feeling that every foot of Ontario shoreline is owned by someone or is a provincial park. Park camping fees here are crazy.
True stealth camping means pulling just before/after dark, sleeping and pulling out at first light. If your going to set up a campsite with a bunch of people and sing camp songs, you're going to attract attention. You can get away with it quite easily in most areas, and most crown land tracts anywhere in Simcoe County have two track access roads going in, if you can't ride a street bike a few hundred meters down that you should head for the Holiday Inn.
I'm looking for a Hennessey to help with quick and easy setup as I have a trip planned up north this summer in which we may be stealth camping. I've been looking for a used one before I ante up to buy new. Lol
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Ya, that's it. I just want to turn my all day rides into two day rides. I'm not looking for that authentic loaded down camping experience. In and out, preferably at seashore. I used to do Provincial Parks, don't like reserving tho.
True stealth camping means pulling just before/after dark, sleeping and pulling out at first light. If your going to set up a campsite with a bunch of people and sing camp songs, you're going to attract attention. You can get away with it quite easily in most areas, and most crown land tracts anywhere in Simcoe County have two track access roads going in, if you can't ride a street bike a few hundred meters down that you should head for the Holiday Inn.
I feel I may be asking the impossible, ride up and pitch a tent, no walking in. If that existed, would somebody share it online? Not sure I would. Saw a thing on TV about tropic islands where locals, who go back many generations, can only access very small parts of the coast line. There was an uproar about that. My friend from Ukraine camped wherever he wanted. Now living in Ontario, he's perplexed by the efforts required to secure a camp spot. Homeless people don't seem to struggle with that. Maybe I should do the hobo thing. First step, get an old KLR650.
I think the key is not attracting attention to yourself.
I know some people that travel on horseback that just stop at private businesses in rural areas and outright ask for permission to discretely camp on their property, typically without much problem. Be polite, be quiet, clean up after yourself, and say thanks and I'd suspect the odds are good that'd be an option.
Horses are good, motorcycles are bad.
Should have searched first...I think this is the book, guy apparently has a website now though.
http://www.freecamping.ca/
$26 and the site is a little light on details on the amount of content. Hmmm.
Looks like there's a crowdsourced site as well:
https://freecampsites.net/#!Ontario&query=region
Here's the official crown land locator. Problem is I'm not sure it details where and where you can camp..but my experience is that crown land in any sort of urban area (as mentioned, much anything south of Algonquin) is almost always listed as no camping.
http://www.giscoeapp.lrc.gov.on.ca/CLUPA/Index.html?site=CLUPA&viewer=CLUPA&locale=en-US
I don't think the owners of most private property have a problem with people "stealth camping" overnight on their property.
What they do have a problem with is the mess such people leave behind.
Haul out your trash and dig a hole to poop in, then fill it back in come morning.