About this reference
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Campsite Availability documents how campground reservation systems decide what can be booked. It covers booking windows, release times, cancellation rules, change locks and stay rules for Recreation.gov, ReserveCalifornia, ReserveAmerica state sites, Parks Canada and Ontario Parks, with BC Parks in the comparison tables.
Publisher
This site is published by OpenCampsite, a service that watches booked campgrounds and sends a text or email when a site matching a camper's dates opens. OpenCampsite does not make reservations; campers book on the official reservation site.
The publisher has a commercial interest in campers understanding these rules. The reference pages are written to be usable without it. Where OpenCampsite is mentioned, it is named as a separate service next to the reservation system's own notification feature.
Campsite Availability is not affiliated with Recreation.gov, California State Parks, ReserveAmerica, Parks Canada, Ontario Parks, BC Parks or any state agency.
How rules are sourced
- Every rule on a reference page comes from a page or document published by the agency that runs the reservation system. The sources are listed at the top of each page.
- Each page shows the date its rules were last compared with those sources.
- When an agency's page does not state a rule, the table says "not published" or "not stated". Gaps are not filled with estimates or with patterns seen on a calendar.
- When two official pages disagree, or a sentence can be read two ways, the page says so and points to the booking site.
What this site does not cover
- It does not show live availability. Use the official reservation site, or an alert service, for that.
- It does not describe individual campgrounds, seasons or destinations.
- It does not cover permits, lotteries for trails, or day-use entry, except where they share a reservation site and are easily confused with campsite rules.
Rules change between seasons, and a single campground can override its system's standard policy. The official booking page is the authority for any specific reservation.
Corrections
If a rule here is out of date or wrong, email hey@opencampsite.com with the page address and the official source. Corrections are made on the page and the checked date is updated.
Other sites from the same publisher
- campgroundavailability.com
- campsiteavailable.com
- groupcampsites.com
- groupcampgrounds.com
- wildernesspermitalerts.com
- bestcampsitealert.com