Whitney Lakes Ross Lake Campground Alberta Provincial Park.

Whitney Lakes is located on the west shore of Whitney Lakes approximately 275km east of the City of Edmonton and 120km north of the Town of Vermilion .Ross Lake Campground has 149 sites with reservations available by calling 1-877-537-2757. This campground offers campsites for both tents and larger RV's, group camping, handicap spots, clean sandy beach, picnic shelters, public phone, concession, dry & wet toilets, showers, water, fire wood, picnic tables, sani dump, swimming areas, boat launch, fish cleaning stations and play grounds. Whitney Lake and Ross Lake offer good northern Pike, Walleye and Perch fishing, you'll need a fishing license to try your luck. This campground is excellent for families with young children, the kids can spend hours on the clean beach and nearby playgrounds. Ross Lake is crystal clear and great for swimming. Boaters will find well designed easy to use boat launches. The campsite is located at Ross Lake in the surrounding Boreal Forest. Whitney Lake day use area and Ross Lake Campground are well maintained. Ross Lake may be considered one of the nicest beach/lake Campgrounds located in Alberta and well worth the visit. There are over 30km of hiking trails that wind there way through the Provincial Park with several excellent viewing areas. You can hike to all the lakes located in the Park. Iron horse trail which is an abandoned rail line that runs 260km from Waskatenau to Cold Lake is also located near here. Whitney Lakes Provincial Park is good for Wildlife and Bird watching, Deer, Moose and Beaver are here in large numbers. The pine trees located in the area are very unusual, they look weather beaten with extensive growth at their tops. I've never seen tree's like this anywhere else in Alberta. There may be some confusion as to Whitney Lake Campground. I could only find a day use area at Whitney Lake. The main campground is Ross Lake which is located in Whitney Lakes Provincial Park. Night skies here are good for star gazing, it ranks # 1-2 on the Bortle Scale. This is bear country, food and food related items must be stored properly.  See the official web site link below for fees, opening and closing dates.