Campgrounds and RV parks near Cumberland, BC

Cumberland is a small village in the Comox Valley on eastern Vancouver Island, roughly a twenty-minute drive inland from the Salish Sea coast. RV travellers use it as a base for one of the larger campground clusters on the Island, with private parks strung along the Puntledge River corridor, the Seal Bay area, and the beaches around Bates and Cape Lazo. Sites range from serviced pull-throughs close to town amenities to shaded forested pitches and oceanfront rows facing the mainland mountains. Cumberland sits in the foothills of the Beaufort Range beneath the Comox Glacier, and the surrounding Comox Valley includes the neighbouring communities of Courtenay and Comox. That geography puts Puntledge RV Campground and The Park at Crown Isle within short reach of Courtenay services, while Seal Bay RV Park, Bates Beach Oceanfront and RV Park, and Cape Lazo Campground and RV sit closer to the shoreline north of Comox. Most travellers pair a campground stay with day trips into Cumberland village, Strathcona Provincial Park, and the beaches along Highway 19A.

Private campgrounds around Cumberland, including Puntledge RV Campground, The Park at Crown Isle, Seal Bay RV Park, Bates Beach Oceanfront and RV Park, and Cape Lazo Campground and RV, are booked directly through each operator's website or phone line. Summer weekends and long weekends can sell out months in advance, especially oceanfront sites and larger pull-throughs. Provincial park campgrounds in the region, including options near Miracle Beach and in Strathcona Provincial Park, are reserved through the BC Parks system. As of 2026, BC Parks uses a three-month rolling window for campground reservations, reduced from four months, meaning arrival dates can only be booked within the three-month window through a gradual release system. New availability opens at 7 a.m. Pacific Time on the day three months ahead of the intended arrival.