Hornet Lookout is full. Cancellations happen every day.
A historic Flathead National Forest lookout near Polebridge, on the North Fork of the Flathead River, reached by a roughly one-mile hike. Books through recreation.gov's standard six-month rolling window. Each is a single structure that sleeps one party a night, so there is exactly one reservation possible per date — the scarcest inventory on the platform.
Full for your dates. Every night you asked for is taken at Hornet Lookout.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Wed, Oct 21 — the night you tapped. Change the dates below if you like.
Email me when a site opens at Hornet Lookout
Your first email lands right away with where your nights stand. After that we only write when something opens.
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From four weeks of this data: how fast campsite cancellations disappear →
How it works
Questions
Is Hornet Lookout sold out this weekend?
As of Oct 24, 11:16 PM UTC, Fri, Oct 30 is full and Sat, Oct 31 is full at Hornet Lookout. 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/fire-lookouts-mt/hornet-lookout.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 Hornet Lookout opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"fire-lookouts-mt/hornet-lookout","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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