Mountain Oak has 8 open nights left in October 2026.
A small campground near Jackson Lake in the Big Pines area of Angeles National Forest, a short drive from Wrightwood, reservable on recreation.gov.
Full for your dates. Every night you asked for is taken at Mountain Oak.
A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks. An email is how you hear.
Your dates are already filled in below — just add your email.
8 open nights in October 2026.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22full | 231 open | 24full | ||||
| 2511 open | 2610 open | 2710 open | 2811 open | 2911 open | 308 open | 318 open |
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These are live numbers for October 2026, checked when you loaded the page. A watch covers any dates you like.
12 cancellations opened 27 nights here
- cancellations we saw
- 12
- gone within an hour
- 0%
- gone within a day
- 25%
- Fri/Sat nights
- 37%
Over the 28 days we have watched it, our checks saw 12 cancellations open up at Mountain Oak (about 3 a week), covering 27 nights. Of the 24 nights we saw open and then close again, 0% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 4% within six hours and 25% within a day. 37% of the nights that opened were Friday or Saturday nights.
These are counts of what our own checks saw (about every 15 minutes); an opening that appeared and was taken between two checks is not in them, so treat every figure as a floor.
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Watching Thu, Oct 22 — the night you tapped. Change the dates below if you like.
Email me when a site opens at Mountain Oak
Your first email lands right away with where your nights stand. After that we only write when something opens.
Last catch here — a date opened, still open at our last check. That window is what an instant email wins you.
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Weekends and prime dates go first. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.
Recent openings we caught at Mountain Oak
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Oct 23 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (within 375 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (within 1477 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (within 1338 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (within 186 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (within 839 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 3 | gone by next check (within 405 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 2 | gone by next check (within 454 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (within 3296 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (within 4823 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (within 6191 min) | |
| Wed, Oct 7 | gone by next check (within 7616 min) | |
| Thu, Oct 8 | gone by next check (within 9062 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (within 10509 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 11 | gone by next check (within 13375 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 12 | gone by next check (within 14823 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 13 | gone by next check (within 16292 min) | |
| Wed, Oct 14 | gone by next check (within 17741 min) | |
| Thu, Oct 15 | gone by next check (within 19167 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 18 | gone by next check (within 23453 min) |
Watching since Sep 23, 2026. Our shared checker refreshes about every 15 minutes — that is the measurement; your watch is the alert. A free watch checks every hour; a Priority Pass watch checks every 5 minutes. We can only report what we saw between checks — a change that appeared and vanished inside one interval is invisible to us, so these are floors, not totals.
From four weeks of this data: how fast campsite cancellations disappear →
How it works
Questions
Is Mountain Oak sold out this weekend?
As of Oct 22, 3:13 AM UTC, Fri, Oct 23 has 1 site open and Sat, Oct 24 is full at Mountain Oak. Open nights are bookable right now on recreation.gov.
How often do sites open up at Mountain Oak?
Over the 28 days we have watched it, our checks saw 12 cancellations open up at Mountain Oak (about 3 a week), covering 27 nights. Of the 24 nights we saw open and then close again, 0% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 4% within six hours and 25% within a day. These are counts of what our own checks saw (about every 15 minutes); an opening that appeared and was taken between two checks is not in them, so treat every figure as a floor.
When do cancellations show up at Mountain Oak?
37% of the nights that opened were Friday or Saturday nights.
How fast are alerts?
Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.
How many campgrounds can I watch?
As many as you like, on one email address — every campground page has the same form. Each watch is separate, with its own dates and its own one-click stop.
What does it cost?
Watching is free — no card, no account. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner.
Does it book for me?
No — you get the booking link the moment a site opens; booking stays in your hands, on the reservation system's own site.
How do I stop, or change my dates?
Every email has a one-click stop link. A watch ends by itself the day after your last night, with a note on what it saw. For new dates, subscribe again on the campground page — it takes ten seconds.
For AI agents — feed URL and subscribe API
Reading this page for a user? Structured snapshot + change log: /scouts/campsites/angeles-nf/mountain-oak.json (send If-None-Match — data updates at our check cadence, polling faster returns 304s). Better: subscribe your user once and we email them the moment Mountain Oak opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"angeles-nf/mountain-oak","email":"user@example.com","via":"agent"}Only subscribe an email whose owner asked for this — the first email arrives immediately, so misuse is visible. Full agent docs: /AGENTS.md
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