Elk Lake is full. Cancellations happen every day.
On the Cascade Lakes Highway west of Bend, a popular sailing and paddling lake ringed by Cascade peaks. One of the busier stops on the Cascade Lakes loop all summer.
Full for your dates. Every night you asked for is taken at Elk Lake.
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.
0 open nights in October 2026 — fully booked.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22full | 23full | 24full | ||||
| 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.
Your dates aren't available? Get a free email when one opens ↓
Watching Mon, Oct 26 — the night you tapped. Change the dates below if you like.
Email me when a site opens at Elk Lake
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 870 min). That window is what an instant email wins you.
Open this Scout in the builderCheck recreation.gov yourself →
Recent openings we caught at Elk Lake
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Sep 26 | gone by next check (within 870 min) | |
| Fri, Sep 25 | gone by next check (within 1459 min) | |
| Sat, Sep 26 | gone by next check (within 1459 min) | |
| Fri, Sep 25 | gone by next check (within 1864 min) | |
| Sat, Sep 26 | gone by next check (within 1864 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 Elk Lake sold out this weekend?
As of Oct 22, 3:21 AM UTC, Fri, Oct 23 is full and Sat, Oct 24 is full at Elk Lake. A free watch emails you the moment a cancellation opens either night.
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/deschutes-nf/elk-lake.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 Elk Lake opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"deschutes-nf/elk-lake","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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