Dixie National Forest · Utah

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

Overview Duck Creek Campground is located 25 miles east of Cedar City, Utah. Visitors enjoy fishing in Duck Creek Pond and nearby Navajo Lake, exploring the Markagunt OHV Trail System and the many miles of non-motorized trails. Nearby sites to see are Cascade Falls, Cedar Breaks National Monument, the Ice Cave and Mammoth Caves.

🏕️ 95 sites 🚐 Standard, Group, Shelter

Booking Duck Creek

Sites at Duck 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 sites95
Site typesStandard, Group, Shelter
LocationCedar City, UT
Book throughRecreation.gov
Official listingRecreation.gov

The cancellation play at Duck 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 Duck 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 Dixie National Forest

Panguitch LakeCancellation alerts available
Pine Valley Recreation AreaCancellation alerts available
Te-AhCancellation alerts available
Kings CreekCancellation alerts available
Pine Lake CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Yankee Meadow CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Spruces Campground (Dixie Nf)Cancellation alerts available
White BridgeCancellation alerts available
Navajo Lake CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Posey Lake CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Cedar CanyonCancellation alerts available
Barker Recreation AreaCancellation alerts available
Deer HavenCancellation alerts available
Coyote HollowCancellation alerts available
Cowpuncher Guard StationCancellation alerts available
Jones Corral Guard StationCancellation alerts available
Pine Valley Guard StationCancellation alerts available
Podunk Guard StationCancellation alerts available
Red Canyon (Dixie National Forest)Cancellation alerts available

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