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Campgrounder+

Sold out
isn't full.

The campgrounds worth driving to are booked solid six months ahead. Then plans change, and sites come back one at a time, at odd hours, and get taken within minutes. Campgrounder+ watches every camp you want and emails you the moment one opens. The rest of the app stays free.

Campgrounder home screen showing 5,542 campgrounds across 50 states plus Canada
Hand-curated, one at a time. 5,542 camps across 50 states and Canada.
Search results for Mount Hood showing nine campgrounds, all in Oregon
Search that knows geography. "Mount Hood" returns camps near Mount Hood. Every one in Oregon.
Dead Horse Point State Park detail screen with price, site count, availability and description
Honest numbers. Real site counts, live availability, and a dash when we don't know.

How it works

1
Find a camp that's full. The place you actually want, on the weekend you actually want, booked solid six months ago.
2
Tap Watch and pick your dates. That's the whole setup. No account needed, just an email address.
3
We check it every day. The moment a site frees up inside your window, you get an email with the open dates and a link straight to the booking page.

Cancellations happen constantly, and they get rebooked within minutes. The only way to catch one is to be watching when it appears. Free covers one camp. Plus covers all of them.

What you get

Free to use

  • All 5,542 campgrounds, checked by hand
  • Search by place, mood, or voice
  • See what's open tonight, live
  • Weather, wildfires and closures
  • Book straight through the official site
  • Watch one sold-out campground
  • Logbook, patches and pack list
  • No ads. No account needed.

Campgrounder+

  • Watch every camp you want, not just one
  • Watch a whole trip at once, all its camps together
  • Get the email the moment a site opens, day or night
  • The Ground You're On: the rock under your tent, and what lives nearby
  • The Smart Map: draw the area you want, or dial in a 1, 2 or 3 hour drive
  • Two weeks of weather, so you know before you book
  • Both letterpress pack lists, free $13
  • 10% off everything in the Camp Store
  • The member patch, and the ember ring on your avatar
$34.99 / year
Founding members: $24.99/yr, locked for life.
14-day free trial. Cancel anytime. Watches you already have stay free.
That's about the price of one night at a state park. The pack lists included with it are $13 of it.
Launching soon. Founding members go first:
One email at launch, nothing else. First cohort locks $24.99/yr for life.

We don't take your reservation. We get you the site.

Federal campgrounds are booked on Recreation.gov, and state parks on their own systems. That's true of every camping app there is. What Campgrounder+ does is the hard part: find the real ones, watch the sold-out ones, and put you on the booking page the moment a site frees up, with your dates already filled in.

Questions people actually ask

Can I book a campsite directly in Campgrounder?

No, and neither can any other camping app. Federal campgrounds are booked on Recreation.gov, and state parks on their own systems. That's a government contract, not a choice any app gets to make. What Campgrounder does is the part that actually decides whether you get the site: find the real ones, watch the sold-out ones, and drop you on the right booking page the moment something opens, with your dates already filled in.

What does "verified" actually mean?

Every federal campground carries its Recreation.gov facility id, checked for the right name, the right coordinates and the right state. Availability is pulled live or shown as a dash, not estimated. State and private parks have no federal registry to check against, so those are verified by hand against the park's own reservation system. Campgrounds under an active closure order carry a notice on the listing. The longer story is here.

Is the free version crippled?

No. All 5,542 camps and free camping areas, search, live availability, weather, wildfire alerts, booking links, the Logbook and the Kit are free to use, with no ads and no account required. Free even includes one active Cancellation Watch. Plus is for people running several trips a year who want every camp watched at once.

I already have a Cancellation Watch. Does it stop working?

No. Any watch created before Plus launched stays free for as long as you keep it. You were here before the paywall existed, so the paywall doesn't apply to you.

Can I cancel? What happens to my data?

Cancel any time in two taps, and you keep Plus through the end of your paid year. There's a 14-day free trial before the first charge. Your saved camps, logbook and pack lists are yours either way, and the free app keeps working exactly as before.

Does it work on Android?

Campgrounder works in any mobile browser today, and installs to your home screen like an app. The Android app is in testing. One membership covers every device you use, no matter where you signed up.

How often do cancellations actually happen?

Constantly. Plans change, weather turns, and a meaningful share of peak-season reservations get released before the trip. The catch is that popular sites get rebooked within minutes of freeing up, so the only reliable way to get one is to be watching the moment it appears. That's the entire job Campgrounder does for you.

The camping app
that doesn't guess.

Every federal listing carries its Recreation.gov facility id. Availability live or not shown at all. The free app is free to use, with no ads.

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