Rod & Gun cancellation alerts.
7 sites run by the Forest Service in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota, reservable through recreation.gov's rolling booking window.
Which nights do you want at Rod & Gun?
We check live and answer straight away. If they're taken, the same dates carry into the alert form below.
We check Rod & Gun availability live when you subscribe — no stale numbers on this page.
Rod & Gun books through recreation.gov. Cancellations happen every day; your Scout's first email tells you exactly where things stand for your dates.
Your dates aren't available? Get a free email when one opens ↓
Email me when a site opens at Rod & Gun
Your first email lands right away with where your nights stand. After that we only write when something opens.
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How it works
Questions
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/black-hills-national-forest/rod-and-gun.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 Rod & Gun opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"black-hills-national-forest/rod-and-gun","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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