About Camp Finder
A free, ad-free tool by Adventureful.
The best campsites sell out in minutes — but people cancel constantly. Camp Finder watches the booking systems around the clock and surfaces those openings, so “sold out” doesn't mean out of luck. Everything is in one place, and most of it works without an account.
what you can do
Real-time cancellation alerts — We re-check most parks every 15 minutes through the day and email you the moment a reserved site frees up. A few systems — national parks among them — allow one check a day, so those alerts arrive each evening.
Search this weekend or any dates — Every park in the catalog — national & state parks, national forests, Army Corps lakes, BLM, and a growing list abroad. Free, no account needed.
Live map of openings near you — See what’s actually bookable within your drive radius, plotted on a map.
Ask Camp Finder — Describe your trip in plain English - it searches live availability across all 7,526 campgrounds and can even set alerts for you.
Neighbor Sites — Find open campsites next to each other so your whole group camps together, not scattered.
Save your favorites — A free account keeps your parks and alerts in one place, on every device.
what we're not checking right now
Checking some park systems costs us money to run, and Camp Finder is free with no ads, so live availability for these 12 is switched off for now. We don't check them and won't claim they're full. They're still bookable - just on their own sites:
- Alabama State Parks
- Arkansas State Parks
- Colorado Parks & Wildlife
- Idaho State Parks
- Michigan State Parks
- New Jersey State Parks
- South Carolina State Parks
- Tennessee State Parks
- Virginia State Parks
- Washington State Parks
- West Virginia State Parks
- Wisconsin State Parks
Everywhere else is live as normal. If you ask about a park in this list, we'll say so and link you straight to its booking page rather than pretend we looked.
We'd like to turn them back on. Chipping in is what makes that possible.