Fry Creek has 7 open nights left in October 2026.
A small Palomar Mountain campground on the road up to the observatory, one of the few reservable campgrounds within an easy drive of north San Diego County.
Full for your dates. Every night you asked for is taken at Fry Creek.
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.
7 open nights in October 2026.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22full | 23full | 24full | ||||
| 2510 open | 2611 open | 2711 open | 288 open | 298 open | 306 open | 317 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.
3 cancellations opened 21 nights here
- cancellations we saw
- 3
- gone within an hour
- 0%
- gone within a day
- 11%
- Fri/Sat nights
- 19%
Over the 28 days we have watched it, our checks saw 3 cancellations open up at Fry Creek (about one a week), covering 21 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 19 nights we saw open and then close again, 0% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 0% within six hours and 11% within a day. 19% 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.
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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 (within 2182 min). 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 Fry Creek
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 2182 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (within 438 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (within 1868 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (within 3306 min) | |
| Wed, Oct 7 | gone by next check (within 4739 min) | |
| Thu, Oct 8 | gone by next check (within 6206 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 11 | gone by next check (within 10501 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 12 | gone by next check (within 11954 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 13 | gone by next check (within 13411 min) | |
| Wed, Oct 14 | gone by next check (within 14855 min) | |
| Thu, Oct 15 | gone by next check (within 16277 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (within 17724 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 1262 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 18 | gone by next check (within 20590 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 19 | gone by next check (within 22046 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 20 | gone by next check (within 23480 min) | |
| Wed, Oct 21 | gone by next check (within 24935 min) | |
| Thu, Oct 22 | gone by next check (within 26350 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | gone by next check (within 26005 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 25 | still open at our last check |
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 Fry Creek sold out this weekend?
As of Oct 22, 3:25 AM UTC, Fri, Oct 23 is full and Sat, Oct 24 is full at Fry Creek. A free watch emails you the moment a cancellation opens either night.
How often do sites open up at Fry Creek?
Over the 28 days we have watched it, our checks saw 3 cancellations open up at Fry Creek (about one a week), covering 21 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 19 nights we saw open and then close again, 0% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 0% within six hours and 11% 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 Fry Creek?
19% 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/cleveland-nf/fry-creek.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 Fry Creek opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"cleveland-nf/fry-creek","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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