Sequoia National Forest · California

Hume Lake — how to get a site when it's sold out

Overview Hume Lake Campground is a popular facility along Hume Lake, one of Sequoia National Forest's most visited destinations. The area offers seasonal recreational opportunities, including fishing, canoeing, hiking, biking, and swimming. Recreation Hume Lake is a year-round recreation destination.

🏕️ 71 sites 🚐 Standard, Tent only

Booking Hume Lake

Sites at Hume Lake 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.

Site facts

Total sites71
Site typesStandard, Tent only
Book throughRecreation.gov
Official listingRecreation.gov

The cancellation play at Hume Lake

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 Hume Lake 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.

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Sandy FlatCancellation alerts available
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Coy FlatCancellation alerts available
Limestone CampgroundCancellation alerts available
BelknapCancellation alerts available
Redwood MeadowCancellation alerts available
Ten Mile Campground (Ca)Cancellation alerts available
Holey MeadowCancellation alerts available
LandslideCancellation alerts available
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Auxiliary DamCancellation alerts available
South Fork RecCancellation alerts available
Grouse Valley CabinsCancellation alerts available
Thunderbird Group CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Aspen Hollow Group (Sequoia National Forest, CA)Cancellation alerts available
Big Meadows Cabin (CA)Cancellation alerts available
Camp Four And Half CabinCancellation alerts available
Cove GroupCancellation alerts available
Fir GroupCancellation alerts available
French GulchCancellation alerts available
Live OakCancellation alerts available
Logger Flat GroupCancellation alerts available
Long Meadow GroupCancellation alerts available
Oak Flat LookoutCancellation alerts available
Poso Guard Station CabinCancellation alerts available
Quaking Aspen CabinCancellation alerts available
Wishon CabinCancellation alerts available

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Hume Lake; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.