Porters Lake Provincial Park The Google rating is 4.4

Porters Lake Provincial Park is located just minutes from metropolitan Halifax/Dartmouth. This park is the perfect escape from the city but close enough for day trips to visit the many attractions in the area. Porters Lake offers a quiet lakeside setting with a wide variety of outdoor activities including camping, hiking, picnicking, boating, canoeing, water skiing, and freshwater lake fishing.

Nearby things to do

• Halifax: Halifax’s historic waterfront, Halifax Citadel National Historic Site, Maritime Museum of Natural History, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Discovery Centre
• Porter’s Lake area: Hope for Wildlife in Seaforth
• Cole Harbour area: Lawrencetown Beach Provincial Park, Rainbow Haven Beach Provincial Park, Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum, Cole Harbour Heritage Park Trails
• Cherry Brook: Black Cultural Heritage Centre
• West Chezzetcook: Old Acadian House
• Eastern Passage: Fishermans Cove
• Jeddore-Oyster Pond: Fisherman’s Life Museum

Campground accommodations include: 

• 80 partially wooded overnight sites (70 unserviced; 10  pullthroughs with water and electrical services
• 3 wheelchair accessible sites

Park amenities include:  

• Flush toilets
• showers
• disposal station
• public boat launch
• small unsupervised campers beach
• fire grills
• wood
• ice

Wi-FI is available at the park office (password required).

This is a Campground Host park. Leashed pets permitted.

Outdoor activities that you can do in Porters Lake Provincial Park:

• Canoeing
• Fishing
• Hiking
• Kayaking

Directions

• Hwy 107 East, Exit 19, 5 km (3.5 mi) south OR Hwy 107 West, Exit 20 to Hwy 7, west 6.5 km, turn left on West Porter’s Lake Rd, 8 km.