Bureau of Land Management · California
NOTICE: Per the Alabama Hills Approved Resource Management Plan, all drone operators are required to obtain a drone use permit before flying within the Alabama Hills Recreation Area. To obtain a permit, contact blm_ca_web_bi@blm. gov .
Reservations for Alabama Hills are made through Recreation.gov. In peak season, the most popular campgrounds are typically claimed within minutes of each release — which is why the park reads as "sold out" for most of the year.
Sold out is not final, though. People book far ahead and plans change, so cancellations return to the official calendar throughout the season — with no announcement, at any hour. A cancelled site is bookable by whoever sees it first.
| Managed by | Bureau of Land Management |
|---|---|
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Location | Bishop, CA |
| Campgrounds | 5 |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Set a watch on the whole park, or go straight to the campground you want — each one has its own availability and cancellation pattern:
| Tuttle Creek Campground | 83 sites |
|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley Pit Campground | 78 sites |
| Horton Creek Campground | 49 sites |
| Crowley Lake Campground | 47 sites |
| Goodale Creek Campground | 43 sites |
We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar for Alabama Hills around the clock. The second a site that matches your dates and equipment opens up, you get a text with a direct link to that exact site. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell anything — monitoring is all we do, and it's what your fee pays for. Openings are first-come, so a text beats an email every time.
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Availability facts come from the official directory listing for Alabama Hills; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.