Blackwoods is booked solid. Cancellations happen every day.
Acadia's flagship campground, minutes from Bar Harbor and the Cadillac Mountain road. July–August and fall-foliage weekends book out as soon as they open.
Right now: open sites on 2 dates in August 2026.
Not your dates? Get free alerts the second one opens ↓
Weekends and prime dates still go first — and openings like these are usually re-booked within minutes. A Scout emails you the instant one appears for your dates.
Get emailed the second a site opens at Blackwoods. Your Scout starts checking the moment you subscribe — the first email arrives right away with where things stand.
When somebody cancels, the next email in your inbox is your nights at Blackwoods — booking link included, while the opening is still live.
Last catch here — a date opened, gone by our next check (≤120 min later). That window is what an instant email wins you.
Free — one Scout per email. It only emails you when something actually opens, and you can reply to any of its emails to adjust dates or stop.
Want to change more — different dates logic, extra campgrounds, push instead of email? Open this Scout in the builder. Check recreation.gov yourself →
Recent openings we caught at Blackwoods
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Wed, Aug 26 | gone by next check (≤120 min later) | |
| Tue, Aug 25 | gone by next check (≤15 min later) | |
| Tue, Aug 25 | gone by next check (≤15 min later) | |
| Fri, Aug 28 | gone by next check (≤15 min later) | |
| Sat, Aug 29 | gone by next check (≤15 min later) | |
| Wed, Aug 26 | gone by next check (≤526 min later) | |
| Fri, Aug 28 | gone by next check (≤30 min later) | |
| Tue, Aug 25 | gone by next check (≤46 min later) | |
| Wed, Aug 26 | gone by next check (≤270 min later) | |
| Sat, Aug 29 | gone by next check (≤61 min later) | |
| Wed, Aug 26 | gone by next check (≤1306 min later) | |
| Tue, Aug 25 | gone by next check (≤1366 min later) | |
| Tue, Aug 25 | gone by next check (≤135 min later) | |
| Tue, Aug 25 | gone by next check (≤76 min later) | |
| Wed, Aug 26 | gone by next check (≤317 min later) | |
| Tue, Aug 25 | gone by next check (≤46 min later) | |
| Wed, Aug 26 | gone by next check (≤120 min later) | |
| Tue, Aug 25 | gone by next check (≤31 min later) | |
| Sat, Aug 29 | gone by next check (≤661 min later) | |
| Sat, Aug 22 | gone by next check (≤391 min later) |
No coverage Jul 23, 11:14 PM – Jul 24, 12:47 AM (no successful checks recorded).
No coverage Aug 11, 10:14 AM – Aug 11, 11:45 AM (no successful checks recorded).
No coverage Aug 16, 4:29 PM – Aug 16, 6:08 PM (no successful checks recorded).
No coverage Aug 17, 12:14 AM – Aug 17, 1:52 AM (no successful checks recorded).
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.
From four weeks of this data: how fast campsite cancellations disappear →
How it works
Reading this page for a user? Structured snapshot + change log: /scouts/campsites/acadia/blackwoods.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 Blackwoods opens up:
POST https://calafia.ai/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"acadia/blackwoods","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
Questions
How fast are alerts?
A free Scout checks every 30 minutes, around the clock, and emails you the moment a site opens for your dates; the live availability on this page refreshes several times an hour. Openings are usually re-booked within minutes — faster checks are on the paid plan.
Does it book for me?
No — you get the booking link instantly; booking stays in your hands.
What does it cost?
Watching one thing is free. More Scouts and faster checks are on the paid plan.
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