Sequoia National Forest · California
Overview Tillie Creek campground is nestled in oak trees on the shores of Lake Isabella, a popular destination for water activities, especially windsurfing and fishing. The 11,000-acre lake is actually a reservoir, one of California's largest, and it marks the division between the Upper Kern and Lower Kern Rivers. Recreation Lake activities are the focal point of this campground.
Sites at Tillie Creek 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 | 137 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Group |
| 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 Tillie Creek 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.
| Live Oak South | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Princess | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hungry Gulch | Cancellation alerts available |
| Camp 9 | Cancellation alerts available |
| Pioneer Point | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hume Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
| Boulder Gulch | Cancellation alerts available |
| Camp Three Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Fairview Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Paradise Cove | Cancellation alerts available |
| Stony Creek Sequoia | Cancellation alerts available |
| Big Meadow Campground - US Forest Service Sequoia National Forest (CA) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Headquarters | Cancellation alerts available |
| Quaking Aspen | Cancellation alerts available |
| Goldledge Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hospital Flat | Cancellation alerts available |
| Wishon | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sandy Flat | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hobo Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Eshom Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Upper Stony Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Coy Flat | Cancellation alerts available |
| Limestone Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Belknap | Cancellation alerts available |
| Redwood Meadow | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ten Mile Campground (Ca) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Holey Meadow | Cancellation alerts available |
| Landslide | Cancellation alerts available |
| Halfway Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Auxiliary Dam | Cancellation alerts available |
| South Fork Rec | Cancellation alerts available |
| Grouse Valley Cabins | Cancellation alerts available |
| Thunderbird Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Aspen Hollow Group (Sequoia National Forest, CA) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Big Meadows Cabin (CA) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Camp Four And Half Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cove Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Fir Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| French Gulch | Cancellation alerts available |
| Live Oak | Cancellation alerts available |
| Logger Flat Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Long Meadow Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Oak Flat Lookout | Cancellation alerts available |
| Poso Guard Station Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Quaking Aspen Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Wishon Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Tillie Creek; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.