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Cedar Grove Stock Campsite: The Sold-Out Guide

How to actually get a site at Cedar Grove Stock Campsite — the verified facts, the release reality, and the cancellation route in.

📅 Updated Oct 30, 2026🏕️ 1 sites📡 Watched by our scanners

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Watch Cedar Grove Stock Campsite openings the moment they surface

Proof, from our own scanners: 673 confirmed openings across 34 campgrounds since Oct 29, 2026 — each one re-verified before logging. See the live cancellation index.

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Free to start. We never book, hold, or resell — you book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. Fees pay for monitoring; openings are first-come and cannot be guaranteed.

Why Cedar Grove Stock Campsite sells out

Overview Cedar Grove Stock campsite is located deep in the Kings Canyon of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in central California's rugged Sierra Nevada range. You are required to have stock animals to camp here. If you reserve a site and do not have stock your reservation will be cancelled with full cancellation fees. Recreation Cedar Grove trails include Hotel Creek, Don Cecil, Roaring River Falls, Zumwalt Meadow, Kanawyer, and Mist Falls. Roads End offers access to the backcountry of Kings Canyon. Backcountry permits are available for overnight stays.

The facts

Total sites1
Site typesEquestrian
Site mix (directory count)Equestrian 1
AreaSequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Managed byNational Park Service
Nearest communityThree Rivers, CA
ActivitiesHiking, Horseback Riding
Directory phone(559) 565-3792
Official listingRecreation.gov campground page
Book throughRecreation.gov

How booking works here

Cedar Grove Stock Campsite is reserved through Recreation.gov, on the release pattern stated in its official listing. In demand, reservable sites are claimed within minutes of each release — which is why the campground reads as sold out for most of the year, and why the realistic route in is rarely the release itself.

The cancellation play

Sites booked months ahead get cancelled as trips fall through, and each cancellation returns its nights to the official calendar instantly — first-come, no waitlist, no announcement. itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Cedar Grove Stock Campsite around the clock; when a site matching your dates and vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link, and you book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell. The mechanics are the same ones documented in how campsite cancellations actually work.

If Cedar Grove Stock Campsite stays full: alternatives

Watch more than one calendar. These nearby or same-area campgrounds take the same trip — and their cancellations are independent chances:

Lodgepole Campground-Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park206 sites · same area
Dorst Creek Campground-Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park204 sites · same area
Sunset Campground (Ca)156 sites · same area
Moraine Campground (CA)121 sites · same area
Sheep Creek Campground111 sites · same area

Full directory facts and sibling campgrounds: Cedar Grove Stock Campsite campground page · Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks park page.

Watch it with itOpened

Watch Cedar Grove Stock Campsite openings the moment they surface

Proof, from our own scanners: 673 confirmed openings across 34 campgrounds since Oct 29, 2026 — each one re-verified before logging. See the live cancellation index.

Watch Cedar Grove Stock Campsite

Free to start. We never book, hold, or resell — you book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. Fees pay for monitoring; openings are first-come and cannot be guaranteed.

Sources

  • Recreation.gov RIDB official directory export (Oct 28, 2026): campground record, campsite inventory, and listing description for this property — every fact on this page traces to that record.
  • itOpened production watch registry: this campground is one of the 500 campgrounds in the house watch registry under continuous scan (~20-minute cadence, confirm-before-alert).

Every figure in this article traces to one of the sources above. If a number isn't sourced, we don't print it.

Last updated 2026-10-30.