Campgrounds and RV parks near Cypress County, AB

Cypress County sits in southeastern Alberta and wraps around the city of Medicine Hat, stretching south to the U.S. border and east to the Saskatchewan line. For RV travellers, the county is best known as the Alberta gateway to Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, a forested plateau that rises well above the surrounding prairie and forms the highest point in Canada between the Rocky Mountains and Labrador. Most reservable RV sites cluster in two areas. Inside the park, Beaver Creek, Old Baldy, Ferguson Hill, and Lodgepole campgrounds sit near the Elkwater townsite and Elkwater Lake, mixing lodgepole pine forest with lake and meadow settings. Closer to Highway 1 and Medicine Hat, Redcliff Municipal Campground in the town of Redcliff offers a small, serviced base for travellers who want town amenities a short drive away. Together these options cover everything from serviced family stays to quieter forest sites for longer trips.

Sites inside Cypress Hills Provincial Park on the Alberta side, including Beaver Creek, Old Baldy, Ferguson Hill, and Lodgepole, are booked through the Alberta Parks reservation system at reserve.albertaparks.ca. Reservations can be made for today and up to 90 days in advance, so popular summer weekends require planning the booking window carefully and logging in the moment the window opens. Redcliff Municipal Campground is booked online through the Let's Camp platform, with no first come first served sites. For long weekends in July and August, plan to reserve as soon as the window opens. Serviced sites and pull-throughs that fit larger Class A and fifth-wheel rigs are the first to go. Mid-week stays in June and September are easier to secure on shorter notice.