Connect Recreation.gov to search for campsites and get availability alerts.

Your watchlist

We check around the clock and alert you the moment a site opens.

Watching
Available now
Checks today
Alerts sent
Recreation.gov
ReserveCalifornia Connected
Email (Gmail)
Sunny lake campground

Never miss a spot.

Search any campground — we check every 5 minutes and alert you the moment something opens up.

Forest campground

Preference profile.

Set once — every search, alert, and recommendation shapes itself around these.

Environment

Family & Terrain

Group Size

Alert only on sites that fit at least this many people
Oak woodland campground

Discover campgrounds.

Top picks scored against your preference profile — shade, water, terrain, and family-friendly amenities.

Desert camping at sunrise

Your settings.

Connect your accounts, set up alerts, and keep everything running in the background.

Recreation.gov API Key

How to get your key: Go to ridb.recreation.gov/profile, sign in, click Enable Developer Access, then copy the key from the APIKey field.

Stored encrypted on disk — never plaintext.

Email Alerts

SMS Alerts via Twilio

Not configured

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Example message you'll receive
Refugio State Beach
Site 23 · Jun 15–17 (2 nights)
Oak trees, creek nearby, tent site
reservecalifornia.com/park/120085

ReserveCalifornia

No API key required. California State Parks monitoring is built in — search for CA state parks in the Watch tab and select ReserveCalifornia as the source.

Monitoring Interval

How often to poll for cancellations. Every 5 minutes is a good balance between responsiveness and being a polite API citizen.

Restart the server after changing this setting.