Simply one of the best Cabot Trail Campgrounds is the Meatcove Campground in Northern Cape Breton!
This family run campground in Cape Breton that features dozens of ocean-side camping lots, has many features to offer it’s campers that seem to make them want to come back year after year. This quiet but scenic camp ground just off the Cabot Trail has brought back RV’ers, tenters, campers, hikers, and beach goers for decades.
If you want to to kayaking they have it. If you want to go hiking the many ocean-side hiking trails they have it. If you want a hot bowl of seafood chowder, yes they have that too!
Some of the other menu delights at the Meatcove Chowderhut are mussels, hotdogs, hamburgers, sandwiches, snacks, and cold beer on a hot day.
Explore Northern Cape Breton
Meatcove is a perfect location to explore the many areas of Northern Cape Breton. Bring the whole family and stay as long as you want. No worries with the younger folk as the campground has FREE WIFI (wireless internet) to stay in touch with their friends on Facebook and other social media channels.
Nature lovers and birdwatchers seem to flock to this area of the Cabot Trail each Spring and Summer to view the many wondrous sites that nature has to offer. Cape Breton is truly unparalleled when it comes to nature’s beauty! The rolling hills of Northern Cape Breton, just up the road from Ingonish has many walking trails, golf courses, fishing holes, and places to swim, have a picnic or layover and camp for a few days.
Book A Cabin
Don’t have a camper or RV, no problem. Stay in one of our many beautiful one room timber cabins on site at the Meatcove Campground.
Each cabin sleeps up to four people and public washrooms and showers are only a short walk away. Roast some marshmallows over an open fire-pit in the evening or take out a guitar and join in a rousing sing-a-long!
Our camping season is super long but the cabins and campground lots are booked on a first-come first-serve basis. So don’t hesitate. Hit the road to Cape Breton and stay at the Meatcove Campground, one of the most popular campgrounds on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton.
Read Meatcove Campground Reviews On Trip Advisor
Read the many reviews on TripAdvisor for the Meat Cove Campground & Oceanside Chowder Hut. We welcome new and past visitors to the campground. Stop in or check out our Trip Advisor page to see what others have been saying about their visit to Meatcove and to our beautiful campground!
1. “Amazing Campground – well worth the drive!”
Meat Cove is one of those places that everyone recommends, and with good reason! The campsite was amazing, incredible view and a great beach down below. Just be careful with the beverages, particularly after dark. That cliffside is very close to some of the campsites! The food at the Chowder Hut was great. Simple seafood but well done. It’s a bit of a drive to get out here but the road was great. Gravel in some stretches but in good shape. Well worth the drive!
~Keith C. – Arviat, Canada
I came here 20 years ago when the road from the Meat Cove to Aspy Bay was all gravel and so It was a surprise that most of that road was paved now. Not as isolated as before we came here for a lunch meal of fish & chips and watched the sea and enjoyed the weather. The last time I was here in August 1995 I caught the sight of a pod of 50 whales in the bay below and saw a blue whale moving through the water off the bay, Not so lucky this time but this place brought back fond memories. Service for food was fast and the fish was delish!
~KidLove – Pennington, New Jersey
