Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks · California
Overview The Mineral King area features the highest elevation campground in the parks. At 7,500 feet (2280 m), it is only open during the summer months. It takes approximately 90 minutes to drive the long narrow, winding, largely unpaved road that leads to the area and its two campgrounds.
Sites at Cold Springs Campground (CA) are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 40 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Tent only, Walk-to / hike-to |
| Location | Three Rivers, CA |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Cold Springs Campground (CA) around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Lodgepole Campground-Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Dorst Creek Campground-Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sunset Campground (Ca) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Moraine Campground (CA) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Azalea Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sheep Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sentinel Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Potwisha Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Crystal Springs Campground (CA) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Buckeye Flat Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Atwell Mill Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Canyon View Group Sites | Cancellation alerts available |
| Crystal Springs Campground Mid-Sized Group Sites | Cancellation alerts available |
| Wolverton Stock Campsites | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cedar Grove Stock Campsite | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Cold Springs Campground (CA); cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.