Cades Cove is booked solid. Cancellations happen every day.
The Smokies' most famous valley — an 11-mile wildlife loop with the campground at its mouth. Weekends and October foliage dates sell out far ahead in America's most-visited national park.
Right now: open sites on 27 dates in September 2026.
Not your dates? Get free alerts the second one opens ↓
+ 19 more dates this month.
Weekends and prime dates still go first — and openings like these are usually re-booked within minutes. A Scout emails you the instant one appears for your dates.
Get emailed the second a site opens at Cades Cove. Your Scout starts checking the moment you subscribe — the first email arrives right away with where things stand.
When somebody cancels, the next email in your inbox is your nights at Cades Cove — booking link included, while the opening is still live.
Still measuring how fast cancellations here get rebooked.
Last catch here — a date opened, still open at our last check. That window is what an instant email wins you.
Free — one Scout per email. It only emails you when something actually opens, and you can reply to any of its emails to adjust dates or stop.
Want to change more — different dates logic, extra campgrounds, push instead of email? Open this Scout in the builder. Check recreation.gov yourself →
Recent openings we caught at Cades Cove
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Sep 5 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | gone by next check (≤122 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | gone by next check (≤15 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | gone by next check (≤104 min later) | |
| Tue, Sep 29 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | gone by next check (≤315 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | gone by next check (≤271 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | gone by next check (≤84 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | gone by next check (≤18 min later) | |
| Sun, Sep 6 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Sep 6 | gone by next check (≤15 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | gone by next check (≤150 min later) | |
| Sun, Sep 6 | gone by next check (≤46 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | gone by next check (≤45 min later) | |
| Tue, Sep 29 | gone by next check (≤1350 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | gone by next check (≤29 min later) | |
| Sun, Sep 6 | gone by next check (≤321 min later) | |
| Sat, Sep 5 | gone by next check (≤225 min later) | |
| Sun, Sep 6 | gone by next check (≤256 min later) | |
| Tue, Sep 29 | gone by next check (≤450 min later) |
Watching since Jul 27, 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
Reading this page for a user? Structured snapshot + change log: /scouts/campsites/great-smoky-mountains/cades-cove.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 Cades Cove opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"great-smoky-mountains/cades-cove","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
Questions
How fast are alerts?
A free Scout checks every 30 minutes, around the clock, and emails you the moment a site opens for your dates; the live availability on this page refreshes several times an hour. Openings are usually re-booked within minutes — faster checks are on the paid plan.
Does it book for me?
No — you get the booking link instantly; booking stays in your hands.
What does it cost?
Watching one thing is free. More Scouts and faster checks are on the paid plan.