Paradise has 7 open nights left in October 2026.
A Santa Ynez Recreation Area campground on Paradise Road behind Santa Barbara, reservable on recreation.gov.
Full for your dates. Every night you asked for is taken at Paradise.
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.
7 open nights in October 2026.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22full | 23full | 24full | ||||
| 259 open | 268 open | 278 open | 2811 open | 2910 open | 308 open | 318 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.
4 cancellations opened 27 nights here
- cancellations we saw
- 4
- gone within an hour
- 0%
- gone within a day
- 16%
- Fri/Sat nights
- 37%
Over the 28 days we have watched it, our checks saw 4 cancellations open up at Paradise (about one a week), covering 27 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 25 nights we saw open and then close again, 0% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 4% within six hours and 16% within a day. 37% 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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Watching Fri, Oct 23 — the night you tapped. Change the dates below if you like.
Email me when a site opens at Paradise
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 (within 101 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 Paradise
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (within 101 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 1531 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (within 3450 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 3450 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (within 989 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (within 1039 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 11 | gone by next check (within 1039 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | gone by next check (within 1863 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (within 3289 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (within 4767 min) | |
| Wed, Oct 7 | gone by next check (within 6192 min) | |
| Thu, Oct 8 | gone by next check (within 7625 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 12 | gone by next check (within 13401 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 13 | gone by next check (within 14848 min) | |
| Wed, Oct 14 | gone by next check (within 16278 min) | |
| Thu, Oct 15 | gone by next check (within 17732 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (within 10392 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 10392 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 18 | gone by next check (within 22044 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 19 | gone by next check (within 23467 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 Paradise sold out this weekend?
As of Oct 22, 3:21 AM UTC, Fri, Oct 23 is full and Sat, Oct 24 is full at Paradise. A free watch emails you the moment a cancellation opens either night.
How often do sites open up at Paradise?
Over the 28 days we have watched it, our checks saw 4 cancellations open up at Paradise (about one a week), covering 27 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 25 nights we saw open and then close again, 0% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 4% within six hours and 16% 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 Paradise?
37% 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/paradise.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 Paradise opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"los-padres-socal/paradise","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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