Eldorado National Forest campsites, sold out? Here's how spots come back.

How booking at Eldorado National Forest works

Reservations for Eldorado National Forest 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.

Booking facts

Managed by	USDA Forest Service
Book through	Recreation.gov
Campgrounds	41
Official listing	Recreation.gov

Campgrounds in Eldorado National Forest

Set a watch on the whole park, or go straight to the campground you want — each one has its own availability and cancellation pattern:

Sunset-Union Valley	178 sites
Wench Creek	102 sites
Ice House	90 sites
Loon Lake	82 sites
Wrights Lake	77 sites
Pipi Campground	73 sites
Silver Lake East- Eldorado	66 sites
Yellowjacket	58 sites
Gerle Creek	50 sites
Dru Barner Campground	49 sites
Wolf Creek California	44 sites
Stumpy Meadows	39 sites
Silver Fork	36 sites
South Shore Campground	34 sites
Fashoda	30 sites
Sand Flat	30 sites
Woods Lake	26 sites
Northshore Campground - Loon Lake (CA)	25 sites
China Flat	24 sites
West Point Campground	23 sites
Lovers Leap	21 sites
Mokelumne	16 sites
Wrights Lake Equestrian Campground	15 sites
Kirkwood Lake	13 sites
Capps Crossing	10 sites
Pardoes Point	10 sites
Sugar Pine Point	9 sites
Bear River Group Campground (Eldorado National Forest, CA)	4 sites
Black Oak	4 sites
Middle Meadows	2 sites
Big Silver Group	1 sites
Bridal Veil Group Area And Picnic Ground	1 sites
Harvey West Cabin	1 sites
Loon Lake Chalet	1 sites
Ponderosa Cove Campground	1 sites
Red Fir	1 sites
Robbs Hut	1 sites
Silver Creek Group Campground	1 sites
Sly Guard Cabin	1 sites
South Fork Group - Eldorado NF (CA)	1 sites
Van Vleck Bunkhouse	1 sites

How itOpened watches Eldorado National Forest

We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar for Eldorado National Forest 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 Eldorado National Forest; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.