Los Prietos has 8 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.
8 open nights in October 2026.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22full | 23full | 249 open | ||||
| 2533 open | 2633 open | 2735 open | 2835 open | 2935 open | 3028 open | 3128 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.
1 cancellation opened 22 nights here
- cancellations we saw
- 1
- gone within an hour
- 0%
- gone within a day
- 14%
- Fri/Sat nights
- 32%
Over the 28 days we have watched it, our checks saw 1 cancellation open up at Los Prietos (fewer than one a week), covering 22 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 22 nights we saw open and then close again, 0% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 5% within six hours and 14% within a day. 32% of the nights that opened were Friday or Saturday nights.
These are counts of what our own checks saw (about every 15 minutes); an opening that appeared and was taken between two checks is not in them, so treat every figure as a floor.
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Last catch here — a date opened, gone by our next check (within 108 min). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (within 108 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 802 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 3 | gone by next check (within 406 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (within 1843 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (within 3309 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (within 4742 min) | |
| Wed, Oct 7 | gone by next check (within 6162 min) | |
| Thu, Oct 8 | gone by next check (within 7644 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (within 9031 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (within 10486 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 11 | gone by next check (within 11952 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 12 | gone by next check (within 13357 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 13 | gone by next check (within 14805 min) | |
| Wed, Oct 14 | gone by next check (within 16272 min) | |
| Thu, Oct 15 | gone by next check (within 17722 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (within 17520 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 17520 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 18 | gone by next check (within 22007 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 19 | gone by next check (within 23439 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 20 | gone by next check (within 24900 min) |
Watching since Sep 23, 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 Los Prietos sold out this weekend?
As of Oct 22, 2:22 AM UTC, Fri, Oct 23 is full and Sat, Oct 24 has 9 sites open at Los Prietos. Open nights are bookable right now on recreation.gov.
How often do sites open up at Los Prietos?
Over the 28 days we have watched it, our checks saw 1 cancellation open up at Los Prietos (fewer than one a week), covering 22 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 22 nights we saw open and then close again, 0% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 5% within six hours and 14% within a day. These are counts of what our own checks saw (about every 15 minutes); an opening that appeared and was taken between two checks is not in them, so treat every figure as a floor.
When do cancellations show up at Los Prietos?
32% of the nights that opened were Friday or Saturday nights.
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:
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