Last-minute camping in California — campgrounds with weekend nights open

Which California campgrounds we watch still have weekend nights open this month, checked live — and which stay fully booked, each ranked over its own park's most recent season.

Excluded today (checks currently failing, so we can't vouch for their numbers): Crystal Lake, Grassy Hollow, Peavine, Pyramid Lake - Los Alamos, Cerro Alto, La Panza, Ponderosa, Huckleberry Campground (Big Basin Redwoods State Park), Lower Blooms Creek (Big Basin Redwoods State Park), Sempervirens Campground (Big Basin Redwoods State Park), Wastahi Campground (Big Basin Redwoods State Park), Beach Camp (D.L. Bliss State Park), East Ridge Campground (D.L. Bliss State Park), Lower Pine (D.L. Bliss State Park), Upper Pine (D.L. Bliss State Park), West Ridge Campground (D.L. Bliss State Park), Creek Campground (Donner Memorial State Park), Ridge Campground (Donner Memorial State Park), Francis Beach Campground (Half Moon Bay State Beach), Creek Campground Lower Section (Hearst San Simeon State Park), Creek Campground Upper Section (Hearst San Simeon State Park), Creek Tent Campground (Hearst San Simeon State Park), Washburn Campground (Hearst San Simeon State Park), Cowell Campground South (Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park), Redwood Camp (Limekiln State Park), East Pinewood Campground (Mackerricher State Park), West Pinewood Campground (Mackerricher State Park), Upper Section (Morro Bay State Park), Oceano Camp (Pismo State Beach), Gerstle Cove Campground (Salt Point State Park), Woodside Lower Loop (Salt Point State Park), Orchard Hill Loop (Samuel P. Taylor State Park), Tent Campground East Section (San Clemente State Beach), Overflow (Seacliff State Beach), Seacliff Campground (Seacliff State Beach), South Camp (Sunset State Beach), Hike in Campground (Van Damme State Park), Lower Loop (Van Damme State Park), Anacapa Island, San Miguel Island, Death Valley Backcountry Roadside Camping, Codorniz Recreation Area, Sunset-Union Valley, Wolf Creek California, Yellowjacket, Haypress, Englebright Lake Boat-In, Chris Flat, Obsidian, Robinson Creek North, Belknap, Camp 9, Camp Four And Half Cabin, Eshom, Fairview, Headquarters, South Fork Rec, Stony Creek Sequoia, Curly Jack, RV Village Campground at Camp Richardson Resort, Hat Creek, Manzanita Lake Camping Cabins, Summit Lake Stock Corral, Warner Valley, Indian Well, Big Pine Canyon, Coldwater Campground - Inyo NF, East Fork Campground – Inyo National Forest, Grays Meadows, June Lake, Lake Mary, Deer Valley, North Fork - Mendocino National Forest, Penny Pines, Pine Mountain Lookout, Sycamore Grove (Red Bluff), Big Cove, Black Mountain Lookout, Chilcoot, Crocker, Greenville, Mill Creek Campground (Plumas), Barton Flats, Boulder Basin, Dark Canyon, Heart Bar Equestrian, Buckeye Flat, Cedar Grove Stock Campsite, Sunset, Wolverton Stock Campsites, Ackerman, Antlers, Douglas City, Gregory Beach Dispersed Area, Pine Point, Catavee, Cedar Bluff, Crane Valley, Deer Creek, Dinkey Creek, Fish Creek, Rock Creek, Texas Flats, Cherry Valley, (Lake Alpine) Lodgepole, Sandy Flat - Utica Reservoir (Stanislaus NF), Horseshoe Road Recreation Area, Big Reservoir, Boca Rest, Boca Spring, Chapman, East Meadow, Indian Springs, Salmon Creek, Shirttail Creek, White Cloud, Yuba Pass, Brandy Creek Primitive, Bridalveil Creek, White Wolf.

See every campground we watch, ranked over its own season →