Exploring Princeton’s RV Park: Golf and Camping Combined

British Columbia, Okanagan / Shuswap, Princeton/Tulameen

Exploring Princeton’s RV Park: Golf and Camping Combined

June 5, 2025

Princeton Golf Course, located in the Similkameen Valley, has been a one of our favorite courses for many years. We use to golf this course regularly when we camped at Otter Lake Provincial Park and we still try to visit it a couple of times each year as we head to and from the Okanagan Valley.

A couple of years back our golfing group suggested we join them for the Fall Mixed Classic at Princeton Golf Couse. This tournament, held in mid September, is a couples team format. Blair and I had never golfed as a team so we were excited to try it out.

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Friday night they offer a fun 9 hole practice round with dinner included. The tournament starts on Saturday and runs over 2 days. The first day is a scramble format followed on the second day with a more nerve-racking alternate shot finish.

Many teams dress up with a theme. Dinner and prizes are included in the price and most teams enter with an official RCGA handicap to make it a fair competition. The tournament is very popular and has a waitlist to register but if you can get in, it is very fun and well organized.

The first year we attended we stayed at Princeton Municipal Campground which is located just across the highway and along the river. Because we were golfing 3 days we decided to try out the golf course RV park the following year. It was convenient, had full hook ups and great views.

Campground Details

There are 36 full hook up sites and 6 dry camping sites in a sparsely wooded area. Most of the campground runs along the 13 hole and sites 22-33 offer direct views of the tee box and fairway.

View of the 13 hole along the campground row.

There are several long term/season campers here but the campgrounds along the fairway are for short term bookings only. The serviced sites are set up in rows, as you would expect in a private campground but are wide enough to accommodate a 3 foot tip out and still allow room for a picnic table and awning to open in front of the campsite. These sites are all gravel and very level with clear dividers between sites.

Our trailer is only 24.8 feet long so we are able to leave room behind it to move the picnic table to the back as well as our chairs. This allows for great view of the 13 hole as well as created some shade in the afternoon.

The dry camping area is less structured and can accommodate 4-6 camping vehicles depending on the size. These are more of a wooded area with no real structured site outline. We have stayed here when we wanted to do a quick overnight stop with a round of golf in the morning. It was great because we did not have to take the trailer off hitch which allowed us to quickly get on the highway early in the morning.

The campground also has a large shower/bathroom house, on site coin laundry house and a sani-dump for those staying in the dry camp sites. The layout has wide roads between the rows making maneuvering larger trailer very easy. The map does show a common fire pit area but I have never seen it used, and the website says no wood fires permitted, so cannot confirm if this is still available.

Check out for this campground is 1:00 so you are able to complete an early round before having to depart. The course promotes $10.00 off morning green fee rate for RV Park Guests. Check-in is 1:15, allowing you to complete an afternoon round after first arrive. For avid golfers, who feel 18 holes isn’t enough in one day, they offer 50% off your 2nd round.