Hanks Creek — how to get a site when it's sold out

Booking Hanks Creek

Sites at Hanks 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.

Site facts

Total sites	57
Site types	Standard, Group, Shelter
Hookups	Electric hookups at some sites
Location	Jasper, TX
Book through	Recreation.gov
Official listing	Recreation.gov

The cancellation play at Hanks Creek

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 Hanks 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.

Other campgrounds in Sam Rayburn Reservoir

Mill Creek (Texas)	Cancellation alerts available
San Augustine	Cancellation alerts available
Twin Dikes	Cancellation alerts available
Ebenezer Park	Cancellation alerts available
Rayburn	Cancellation alerts available

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