USDA Forest Service · California

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

📍 California 🏕️ 13 campgrounds

How booking at Six Rivers National Forest works

Reservations for Six Rivers 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 byUSDA Forest Service
Book throughRecreation.gov
Campgrounds13
Official listingRecreation.gov

Campgrounds in Six Rivers 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:

Panther Flat Campground39 sites
Mad River Campground35 sites
Dillon Creek Campground27 sites
Oak Bottom Campground25 sites
Fish Lake Campground24 sites
Grassy Flat Campground19 sites
Boise Creek18 sites
Fir Cove Campground14 sites
Patrick Creek Campground13 sites
Pearch Creek Campground10 sites
Nordheimer Group Sites4 sites
Bear Basin Lookout And Cabin1 sites
East Fork Campground – Six Rivers NF (CA)1 sites

How ItOpened watches Six Rivers National Forest

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