How watching works, what it costs and which parks are covered.
Campgrounds of many park reservation systems in the US and Canada: US federal campgrounds on Recreation.gov (national parks, national forests and more), state parks in many states, and provincial parks in several provinces. The coverage page has the full list and a map. Each campground page shows whether we can check openings and hold a site there.
You can check current openings here and book on the official website. If a campground is full, start a watch: we email you when a site opens, or put it in a park cart for you so you can pay the park.
Yes. Searching campgrounds and choosing dates and sites need no account. Checking current openings and starting a watch need you to sign in with your email.
Trips you haven't started stay in this browser. Once you start a watch, it's saved to your account and shown in My watches.
From the official data of each park reservation system. Openings are checked live on the official website for your exact dates.
Dates, nights, equipment, party size and site filters. Available filters depend on the campground.
Start a watch with every date and site you'd accept. One watch covers them all and costs the same.
Only started watches send alerts. Alerts go to the email you signed in with.
We can put a matching site in a park cart for you. You then review it and pay the park before the hold expires: in your own Recreation.gov account, or in SlothCamp's secure view for other parks. We never pay park fees for you.
No. We put the site in a park cart for you; you finish the booking and pay the park before the hold expires (in your own Recreation.gov account, or in SlothCamp's secure view for other parks). If you don't pay in time, the park releases the site.
We keep checking the official site for you and hold a matching site as soon as one opens. When the official site is busy or has errors, checks may be delayed.
Only after you finish booking a site we held for you. When we hold it, the fee is just held on your card; if you don't book, the hold is released. You pay once per campground trip: all the dates and sites you watch at one campground together count as one trip.
You pay only after the booking is done: CAD 9.99 for Canadian campgrounds or USD 9.99 for US campgrounds, once per campground trip. While a site is held, the fee is only held on your card; if you don't book, the hold is released.
Only for automatic holds, which need your park account. Your password is stored encrypted and used only to sign that account back in when the official site has signed you out; you can delete it on your account page at any time. Alerts need no park account.
Sign in with your email and we'll send you a code — no password. Your SlothCamp account is separate from your park accounts.
