Yosemite National Park · CA

North Pines has 1 open night left in October 2026.

North Pines campground
Photo: Recreation.gov

The smallest of the three Pines campgrounds, tucked between the Merced River and Tenaya Creek near Mirror Lake. Yosemite reservations open five months ahead in one-month blocks (the 15th of each month, 7am Pacific) and peak-season dates are gone within minutes.

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Which nights do you want at North Pines?

We check live and answer straight away. If they're taken, the same dates carry into the alert form below.

Live availability
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1 open night in October 2026.

October 2026

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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.

One trip per watch, up to 14 nights.

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Priority Pass checks this watch every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you usually hear about an opening before a free watch would. It also unlocks phone notifications.

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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Weekends and prime dates go first. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.

Openings we've detected

Recent openings we caught at North Pines

Detected (local)Date affectedResolution
Thu, Oct 15still open at our last check
Thu, Oct 15gone by next check (≤40 min later)
Thu, Oct 15gone by next check (≤34 min later)
Mon, Oct 19gone by next check (≤34 min later)
Tue, Oct 13gone by next check (≤150 min later)
Mon, Oct 19gone by next check (≤41 min later)
Tue, Oct 13gone by next check (≤287 min later)
Tue, Oct 20gone by next check (≤40 min later)
Mon, Oct 12gone by next check (≤38 min later)
Wed, Oct 21gone by next check (≤37 min later)
Tue, Oct 20gone by next check (≤75 min later)
Tue, Oct 20gone by next check (≤43 min later)
Wed, Oct 14gone by next check (≤41 min later)
Sun, Oct 11gone by next check (≤45 min later)
Mon, Oct 12gone by next check (≤120 min later)
Mon, Oct 12gone by next check (≤76 min later)
Wed, Oct 14gone by next check (≤640 min later)
Wed, Oct 14gone by next check (≤35 min later)
Wed, Oct 14gone by next check (≤38 min later)
Sun, Oct 11gone by next check (≤37 min later)

Watching since Jul 13, 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.

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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 North Pines.
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 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/yosemite/north-pines.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 North Pines opens up:

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

{"targetSlug":"yosemite/north-pines","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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