Julia Pfeiffer Burns is full. Cancellations happen every day.
Two environmental campsites on a Big Sur bluff overlooking McWay Cove — among the scarcest campsites anywhere on the California coast. Almost nobody gets one without catching a cancellation.
Which nights do you want at Julia Pfeiffer Burns?
We check live and answer straight away. If they're taken, the same dates carry into the alert form below.
0 open nights in October 2026 — fully booked.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13full | 14full | 15full | 16full | 17full | ||
| 18full | 19full | 20full | 21full | 22full | 23full | 24full |
| 25full | 26full | 27full | 28full | 29full | 30full | 31full |
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These are live numbers for October 2026, checked when you loaded the page. A watch covers any dates 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.
Last catch here — a date opened, gone by our next check (≤17 min later). That window is what an instant email wins you.
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Recent openings we caught at Julia Pfeiffer Burns
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Sun, Oct 25 | gone by next check (≤17 min later) | |
| Mon, Oct 26 | gone by next check (≤169 min later) | |
| Thu, Oct 15 | gone by next check (≤1451 min later) | |
| Wed, Oct 14 | gone by next check (≤4017 min later) | |
| Thu, Oct 15 | gone by next check (≤51 min later) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤809 min later) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤608 min later) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (≤51 min later) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤51 min later) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (≤17 min later) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤17 min later) | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (≤960 min later) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (≤2222 min later) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤2222 min later) | |
| Sun, Sep 27 | gone by next check (≤861 min later) | |
| Mon, Sep 28 | gone by next check (≤861 min later) | |
| Tue, Sep 29 | gone by next check (≤745 min later) | |
| Tue, Sep 29 | gone by next check (≤794 min later) | |
| Mon, Sep 21 | gone by next check (≤541 min later) | |
| Mon, Sep 21 | gone by next check (≤372 min later) |
Watching since Jul 23, 2026, checking about every 15 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
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/california-state-parks/julia-pfeiffer-burns.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 Julia Pfeiffer Burns opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"california-state-parks/julia-pfeiffer-burns","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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