San Bernardino National Forest · CA

Dogwood cancellation alerts.

Dogwood campground
Photo: Recreation.gov

A Lake Arrowhead-area campground near Rim Forest on the Rim of the World Highway, reservable on recreation.gov.

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Which nights do you want at Dogwood?

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Availability

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Dogwood books through recreation.gov. Cancellations happen every day; your Scout's first email tells you exactly where things stand for your dates.

Last 28 days at Dogwood

53 cancellations opened 113 nights here

cancellations we saw
53
gone within an hour
26%
gone within a day
85%
Fri/Sat nights
81%

Over the 28 days we have watched it, our checks saw 53 cancellations open up at Dogwood (about 13 a week), covering 113 nights. Of the 110 nights we saw open and then close again, 26% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 64% within six hours and 85% within a day. Thursday was the busiest day for them (20%). 81% 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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Your first email lands right away with where your nights stand. After that we only write when something opens.

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Either button sets the free alert. “Alert me faster — $10” goes to Stripe first — stop there and nothing is charged.

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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Openings we've detected

Recent openings we caught at Dogwood

Detected (local)Date affectedResolution
Fri, Oct 23still open at our last check
Sat, Oct 24still open at our last check
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 51 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 51 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 160 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 160 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 96 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 96 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 60 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 60 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 52 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 52 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 167 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 167 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 113 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 113 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 379 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 379 min)
Fri, Oct 23gone by next check (within 499 min)
Sat, Oct 24gone by next check (within 499 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.

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From four weeks of this data: how fast campsite cancellations disappear →

The loop

How it works

01Tell us the nights you want at Dogwood.
02Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it.
03When a site opens, you get an email with the booking link — booking stays in your hands.
Straight answers

Questions

How often do sites open up at Dogwood?

Over the 28 days we have watched it, our checks saw 53 cancellations open up at Dogwood (about 13 a week), covering 113 nights. Of the 110 nights we saw open and then close again, 26% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 64% within six hours and 85% 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 Dogwood?

Thursday was the busiest day for them (20%). 81% 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/san-bernardino-nf/dogwood.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 Dogwood opens up:

POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{"targetSlug":"san-bernardino-nf/dogwood","email":"user@example.com","via":"agent"}

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