Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park has 19 open nights left in October 2026.
Built around a natural volcanic-rock "shut-in" swimming area on the East Fork Black River — one of the most distinctive and heavily visited natural features in the Missouri Ozarks.
Which nights do you want at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park?
We check live and answer straight away. If they're taken, the same dates carry into the alert form below.
19 open nights in October 2026.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1361 open | 1464 open | 1552 open | 165 open | 172 open | ||
| 1841 open | 1948 open | 2046 open | 2141 open | 2238 open | 235 open | 241 open |
| 2566 open | 2669 open | 2767 open | 2864 open | 2958 open | 3029 open | 3132 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, still open at our last check. 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 Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 24 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Oct 30 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Oct 31 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Oct 29 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (≤68 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (≤105 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (≤2732 min later) | |
| Wed, Oct 28 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (≤169 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (≤6793 min later) | |
| Tue, Oct 27 | still open at our last check | |
| Mon, Oct 26 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Oct 25 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Oct 24 | gone by next check (≤4317 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 23 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Oct 22 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Oct 3 | gone by next check (≤22 min later) | |
| Thu, Oct 1 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Oct 2 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Oct 3 | gone by next check (≤1189 min later) |
Watching since Sep 8, 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/missouri-state-parks/johnsons-shut-ins.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 Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"missouri-state-parks/johnsons-shut-ins","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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