National Park Service · California

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks campsites, sold out? Here's how spots come back.

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📍 California 🏕️ 16 campgrounds
Yosemite National Park (CA, USA), Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias, Grizzly Giant -- 2022 -- 2752 — Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. Photo: Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How booking at Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks works

Reservations for Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks 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 byNational Park Service
Book throughRecreation.gov
LocationThree Rivers, CA
Campgrounds16
Official listingRecreation.gov

Campgrounds in Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

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

Lodgepole Campground-Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park206 sites
Dorst Creek Campground-Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park204 sites
Sunset Campground (Ca)156 sites
Moraine Campground (CA)121 sites
Azalea Campground111 sites
Sheep Creek Campground111 sites
Sentinel Campground82 sites
Cold Springs Campground (CA)40 sites
Potwisha Campground40 sites
Crystal Springs Campground (CA)35 sites
Buckeye Flat Campground28 sites
Atwell Mill Campground22 sites
Canyon View Group Sites16 sites
Crystal Springs Campground Mid-Sized Group Sites14 sites
Wolverton Stock Campsites2 sites
Cedar Grove Stock Campsite1 sites

How ItOpened watches Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar for Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks 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 Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.