Tunnel Mountain Village II Campground

Wonderful spot just outside town. Free bus into Banff picks you up from the campground. Means you can leave your RV pitched and have Jake free transport. Peacefu site with mountain views. No water or sani dump at pitches but one on way out of the site. Would have lived to spend longer here.

Nobody comes to Banff to hang out in their camper SO get any expectations out of your head that this is a cozy, small, private campground in the middle of the woods. This campground is essentially a series of wide looping roads in a grid with room for campers to park on both shoulders, left & right. There’s zero space front to back between vehicles. What you will absolutely have is good easy access, quiet, clean bathrooms, kitchen cooking shelters with power & shuttle busses to town. There’s got to be over 1000 campsites in tiny Banff and to my thinking, it’s managed well by the park service. Nearly impossible to get into, we scored a same day electric site mid September via phone call & God’s blessing. The views are astonishing & the interface with nature is immediate just outside the campground. Remember to buy your parks pass so you can get in - it’s required in addition to your reservation. This is a basic & functional place, no frills and quite acceptable. We were thrilled to get in; you cannot boondock in Natl parks nor sleep in parking lots of rest areas.

It’s a glorified car park if your looking for somewhere to stay while in Banff it’s an option but it’s expensive has no amenities and the nearest shop is at least a mile away. It’s a neat well kept parking lot I’ll give it that but you genuinely feel like you’ve just our in at the side of the road. I understand it’s to service the busy town but stay here if yiur stuck but it shouldn’t be your go to campsite