CALIFORNIA · CANCELLATION GUIDES

How to catch a cancellation at California's most sold-out campgrounds.

The popular spots book out six months ahead and vanish in seconds. But they reopen from cancellations all the time — you just have to be watching. Here's the real data and the honest play for each one.

San Onofre Bluffs — ocean-view bluff sites over the San O surf breaks. Reopened 26 times in 13 days of tracked data.
Sequoia Lodgepole — the Sierra sleeper. 32 openings in two weeks at a 9/10 park.
Yosemite Upper Pines — the honest truth about the hardest site in California to catch.
Leo Carrillo — Malibu coast, tide pools and surf, sites under the sycamores.
Crystal Cove (Moro) — bluff-top over the Pacific, one of the most wanted in the state.
Pfeiffer Big Sur — redwood groves on the Big Sur River.

Campkey watches 93 California parks (state, federal and county) about every five minutes, 24/7, and texts you within minutes of a site opening — with a quality rating, surf, tides, and wildfire alerts. Start a free trial and stop refreshing.