Tioga-Hammond Lakes · Pennsylvania

Ives Run — how to get a site when it's sold out

Overview Ives Run Campground sits on the eastern shore of Hammond Lake in north-central Pennsylvania. Surrounded by lush forested ridges, the lake offers recreation for the entire family, including picnicking, swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, hunting and wildlife watching. Ives Run, with its beach and grassy sunning area, is a great place for kids of any age.

🏕️ 189 sites 🚐 Standard, Group, Shelter

Booking Ives Run

Sites at Ives Run 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 sites189
Site typesStandard, Group, Shelter
HookupsElectric hookups at some sites
LocationTioga, PA
Book throughRecreation.gov
Official listingRecreation.gov

The cancellation play at Ives Run

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