Pineknot has 3 open nights left in October 2026.
A Big Bear campground above Big Bear Lake village on the south side of the lake, near the Snow Summit ski area, reservable on recreation.gov.
Which nights do you want at Pineknot?
We check live and answer straight away. If they're taken, the same dates carry into the alert form below.
3 open nights in October 2026.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1344 open | 1441 open | 1540 open | 16full | 17full | ||
| 18full | 19full | 20full | 21full | 22full | 23full | 24full |
| 25full | 26full | 27full | 28full | 29full | 30full | 31full |
open — tap to book on recreation.govfull — tap to get alerted for that nightweekend
These are live numbers for October 2026, checked when you loaded the page. A watch covers any dates you like.
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Email me when a site opens at Pineknot
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 (≤102 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 Pineknot
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (≤102 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (≤102 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (≤171 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (≤171 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (≤32 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (≤32 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (≤808 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (≤808 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (≤33 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (≤33 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (≤38 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (≤38 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (≤111 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (≤111 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (≤1200 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (≤1200 min later) | |
| Sun, Oct 11 | gone by next check (≤5099 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (≤82 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (≤82 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (≤160 min later) |
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/san-bernardino-nf/pineknot.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 Pineknot opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"san-bernardino-nf/pineknot","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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