Angeles National Forest · CA

Mountain Oak has 8 open nights left in October 2026.

Mountain Oak campground
Photo: Recreation.gov

A small campground near Jackson Lake in the Big Pines area of Angeles National Forest, a short drive from Wrightwood, reservable on recreation.gov.

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Full for your dates. Every night you asked for is taken at Mountain Oak.

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Live availability
checked 18 minutes ago via recreation.gov

8 open nights in October 2026.

October 2026
October 2026 availability at Mountain Oak
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
22full231 open24full
2511 open2610 open2710 open2811 open2911 open308 open318 open

open — tap to book on recreation.govfull — tap to get alerted for that nightweekend

These are live numbers for October 2026, checked when you loaded the page. A watch covers any dates you like.

Last 28 days at Mountain Oak

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 Sat, Oct 24 — the night you tapped. Change the dates below if you like.

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Your first email lands right away with where your nights stand. After that we only write when something opens.

Carried over from your check above. One trip per watch, up to 14 nights.

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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.

Openings we've detected

Recent openings we caught at Mountain Oak

Detected (local)Date affectedResolution
Fri, Oct 23still open at our last check
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 375 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 1477 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 1338 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 186 min)
Sat, Oct 10gone by next check (within 839 min)
Sat, Oct 3gone by next check (within 405 min)
Fri, Oct 2gone by next check (within 454 min)
Sun, Oct 4gone by next check (within 3296 min)
Mon, Oct 5gone by next check (within 4823 min)
Tue, Oct 6gone by next check (within 6191 min)
Wed, Oct 7gone by next check (within 7616 min)
Thu, Oct 8gone by next check (within 9062 min)
Fri, Oct 9gone by next check (within 10509 min)
Sun, Oct 11gone by next check (within 13375 min)
Mon, Oct 12gone by next check (within 14823 min)
Tue, Oct 13gone by next check (within 16292 min)
Wed, Oct 14gone by next check (within 17741 min)
Thu, Oct 15gone by next check (within 19167 min)
Sun, Oct 18gone 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.

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From four weeks of this data: how fast campsite cancellations disappear →

The loop

How it works

01Tell us the nights you want at Mountain Oak.
02Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it.
03When a site opens, you get an email with the booking link — booking stays in your hands.
Straight answers

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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