Description

Shady Rest RV Park is a peaceful, well-maintained, big-rig friendly campground in a semi-rural, forested area on the outskirts of Houston, British Columbia. The park is nicely landscaped and has delightful views of the pastoral Bulkley River Valley and distant forested hills. This is a lovely and relaxing park to stop at while traveling the Yellowhead Highway or for a longer stay in the Houston area.

Location

Shady Rest RV Park
3960 Drive in Rd
Houston, BC V0J 1Z2, Canada
Park: +1 250-845-2314 or (800) 343-3777
Latitude: 54.414104 N, Longitude: -126.633782 W, Elevation: ~2,000 ft (610 m).

Details

We stayed for 3 nights at Shady Rest RV Park in mid August, 2018. This is a lovely, full service, clean, and well-maintained park. Staff/owners were very friendly.

Cost

For 3 nights at a 30 amp full hookup pull-thru site we paid about $38(CN) per night. There were no fees for pets or an extra vehicle.

Ratings (1-5)

Accessibility – 3/5

The campground is easily accessible from the Yellowhead Highway, BC-16. Lanes in the campground are well-maintained asphalt and gravel. The park has both pull-thru and back-in sites and can accommodate large rigs. The campground facilities have some provisions for Universal access.

Facilities/Amenities – 4/5

The campground offers basic amenities, including full and partial hookup sites, tent sites, restrooms and showers, coin-op laundry, free WiFi, picnic shelter and barbecue. Facilities were clean and in good repair.

Site quality – 4/5

RV Sites have full or partial (water/electric) hookups and a picnic table. Electric service is 30/15 amp. Sites are level gravel, with grass medians and good separation between sites. Some sites have shade trees. The campground has back-in and pull-thru sites.

Scenic Value – 5/5

The park is in a peaceful rural area on the outskirts of town, with pleasing views of forested hills and of the pastoral Bulkley River valley. The campground is nicely landscaped with copses of trees, wide grassy areas, colorful flowerbeds and hanging baskets.

Location/Isolation – 4/5

This lovely, forested park is far enough off the Yellowhead Highway to feel peaceful and isolated. The campground is generally quiet, although there is still some road noise and the distant horn from a passing train is occasionally heard.

Paws Friendliness – 4/5

The campground is pet friendly, but does not have an enclosed pet run or cleanup bag stations. The park is large enough for a decent walk with your pet. Well behaved pets may be let off-leash in the large meadow area.

Overall Rating – 4/5

Overall, the Shady Rest RV Park is a lovely place to stay while travelling the Yellowhead Highway. We enjoyed our stay here and would love to return another time.

Additional info

Internet access

We received a moderate 4G signal at this campground. Access was roaming, but did not cost extra with our Verizon Unlimited plan. High speed data usage throttled down after 500 Mb per device per day.

We used the free campground WiFi service a few times – this was the best campground WiFi we’ve encountered – stable connections, with speeds in excess of 40 Mbps.

Water Quality

The campground water tested hard – we added our water softener to the water filtration stack.

Nearby Amenities

Gas stations, grocery stores, restaurants, and some automotive services are available nearby in Houston, BC. A wider range of shopping and services are available in Smithers (40 miles / 64 km) or Prince George (190 miles / 307 km), BC.

Nearby attractions

Here are a few local attractions and activities:

• Morice Lake Provincial Park
• Steelhead Park
• World’s Largest Fly Rod
• Nadina Mountain Provincial Park
• Farmers Market
• Nordic ski and winter sports
• Golf, fishing

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