Los Prietos has 22 open nights left in October 2026.
A Santa Ynez River campground on Paradise Road behind Santa Barbara, in the Santa Ynez Recreation Area of Los Padres National Forest, reservable on recreation.gov.
Which nights do you want at Los Prietos?
We check live and answer straight away. If they're taken, the same dates carry into the alert form below.
22 open nights in October 2026.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7full | 8full | 9full | 104 open | |||
| 114 open | 1233 open | 1335 open | 1435 open | 1531 open | 1610 open | 1710 open |
| 1829 open | 1933 open | 2035 open | 2134 open | 2233 open | 2315 open | 2415 open |
| 2535 open | 2635 open | 2735 open | 2835 open | 2935 open | 3029 open | 3129 open |
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These are live numbers for October 2026, checked when you loaded the page. A watch covers any dates you like.
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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 (≤406 min later). 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 Los Prietos
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 3 | gone by next check (≤406 min later) | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (≤1843 min later) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (≤3309 min later) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤4742 min later) | |
| Wed, Oct 7 | gone by next check (≤6162 min later) | |
| Thu, Oct 8 | gone by next check (≤7644 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (≤9031 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Oct 11 | still open at our last check | |
| Mon, Oct 12 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Oct 13 | still open at our last check | |
| Wed, Oct 14 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Oct 15 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Oct 18 | still open at our last check | |
| Mon, Oct 19 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Oct 20 | still open at our last check | |
| Wed, Oct 21 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Oct 22 | still open at our last check |
Watching since Sep 23, 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
Questions
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/los-padres-socal/los-prietos.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 Los Prietos opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"los-padres-socal/los-prietos","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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