Bandits Roost — how to get a site when it's sold out

Booking Bandits Roost

Sites at Bandits Roost 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 sites	103
Site types	Standard, Tent only, Group
Hookups	Electric hookups at some sites
Location	Wilkesboro, NC
Book through	Recreation.gov
Official listing	Recreation.gov

The cancellation play at Bandits Roost

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 Bandits Roost 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.

Other campgrounds in W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir

Warrior Creek	Cancellation alerts available
Fort Hamby Park	Cancellation alerts available
Berry Mountain Park Shelter	Cancellation alerts available
Boomer Park Shelter	Cancellation alerts available
Dam Site Shelter	Cancellation alerts available
Fish Dam Creek Park	Cancellation alerts available
Keowee Park Shelter	Cancellation alerts available
W. Kerr Scott Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room	Cancellation alerts available

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