Kisatchie National Forest · Louisiana
Overview Beaver Dam Campground is situated on the shores of Upper Caney Lake in the Caney Lakes Recreation Complex. The campground is located in a beautiful setting among woods, lakes and hills. Swimming, boating, fishing and water skiing are the top activities.
Sites at Beaver Dam Campground (Kisatchie National Forest, LA) 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 | 30 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Group, Picnic area |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Minden, LA |
| 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 Beaver Dam Campground (Kisatchie National Forest, LA) 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.
| Kincaid Lake Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
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| Valentine Lake Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cane | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cloud Crossing Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Corral Ohv Camp | Cancellation alerts available |
| Fullerton Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Gum Springs Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Kisatchie Bayou Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Loran Camp | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lotus Ohv Camp | Cancellation alerts available |
| Stuart Lake | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Beaver Dam Campground (Kisatchie National Forest, LA); cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.