While weeks of hot weather put a damper on the camping season for some regional parks, others are reporting a good season.

Nickle Lake Regional Park will plan to close down sometime after the 15th of September, said park manager Bob Tangen.

Attendance at the park was on par with previous years but was a little lower than last year, which saw an increase.

Weekends leading up to and including the Cancer Jam saw damage done to the park and soon after new regulations were implemented.

Tangen said these new regulations have been helpful and have "cleaned it up, it's been very nice ever since."

The new regulations include a ban on alcohol in the tenting area and a $200 deposit for campers under the age of 25. These will be in place for the rest of the season and into next year, Tangen said.

Mainprize Regional Park had a season that was "considerably better than last year," according to park manager Allan Clarke.

The golf course experienced a 30-35 per cent increase in traffic this season, he said, adding May, June and July were really good months for business. Overall, "this was the best year we've had in four or five years," Clarke said.

The golf course still has three or four "really big tournaments to do us to the end of the September," he said, adding the campgrounds will remain open as long as the weather cooperates.

As is the case for most parks, the water lines need to be blown out, which must be done before the weather starts to freeze.

Clarke said the park will be open with limited services for people who continue to fish, noting "we have a lot of good American traffic in the fall."

For next year, Mainprize park is looking at expanding its full-season sites. A number of campers spent the entire season and "we have quite a waiting list," Clarke said, adding they'll consider adding more for next year.

Ceylon Regional Park had to make some security changes after vandalism carried on throughout the summer.

With damage ranging from broken beer bottles to burnt picnic tables, the park now has an 11 p.m. quiet time, surveillance cameras and no unauthorized camping is permitted, according to Tina Douglas. Damage was not confined to one particular weekend but went on into mid-July Douglas said.

Attendance at Ceylon park was below average to normal, she said, adding the hot weather likely deterred some campers. The park will be open throughout September with limited services.

The pool at Oungre Memorial Park will close after the long weekend in September but the concession and campground will remain open until at least the end of the month, said secretary-treasurer Carol Geiger.

The season was "on average with last year," Geiger said, adding "we'd have liked to be busier." Other than some damage to the park on the May long weekend, Geiger said the season was incident free.

Radville Laurier Park didn't experience an overly busy season, according to Shirley Cancade. The pool will be closed at the end of August and the camping area will be open until at least the end of October, she added.

Ogema Regional Park is reporting a quiet year, a little slower than normal, with the exception of some highway crews and family reunions, said Shelley Hartley.

Daily visitors were down and Hartley attributes that to Highway 13, noting "a lot of people aren't traveling our highway." The park will be open into mid-September and Hartley noted there were no incidences involving vandalism.