Cave Springs has 2 open nights left in October 2026.
Another Oak Creek Canyon campground on the Sedona–Flagstaff corridor, sharing the same canyon-road demand as Manzanita.
Full for your dates. Every night you asked for is taken at Cave Springs.
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.
2 open nights in October 2026.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22full | 233 open | 243 open | ||||
| 25full | 26full | 27full | 28full | 29full | 30full | 31full |
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.
51 cancellations opened 112 nights here
- cancellations we saw
- 51
- gone within an hour
- 24%
- gone within a day
- 82%
- Fri/Sat nights
- 71%
Over the last 30 days, our checks saw 51 cancellations open up at Cave Springs (about 12 a week), covering 112 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 110 nights we saw open and then close again, 24% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 58% within six hours and 82% within a day. Wednesday was the busiest day for them (26%). 71% 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 Sun, Oct 25 — the night you tapped. Change the dates below if you like.
Email me when a site opens at Cave Springs
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 Cave Springs
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Oct 23 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | gone by next check (within 197 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (within 197 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | gone by next check (within 49 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (within 49 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | gone by next check (within 364 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (within 364 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | gone by next check (within 60 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (within 60 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | gone by next check (within 670 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (within 670 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | gone by next check (within 668 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (within 668 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 48 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 331 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (within 200 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 200 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (within 105 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 105 min) |
Watching since Sep 8, 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 Cave Springs sold out this weekend?
As of Oct 22, 6:31 AM UTC, Fri, Oct 23 has 3 sites open and Sat, Oct 24 has 3 sites open at Cave Springs. Open nights are bookable right now on recreation.gov.
How often do sites open up at Cave Springs?
Over the last 30 days, our checks saw 51 cancellations open up at Cave Springs (about 12 a week), covering 112 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 110 nights we saw open and then close again, 24% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 58% within six hours and 82% 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 Cave Springs?
Wednesday was the busiest day for them (26%). 71% 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/coconino/cave-springs.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 Cave Springs opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"coconino/cave-springs","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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