Dorst Creek is booked solid. Cancellations happen every day.
A quieter forested campground between Lodgepole and Grant Grove, with meadow edges known for summer bear sightings. Fills solidly through the peak season.
Right now: 0 sites open at Dorst Creek for August 2026 — fully booked.
Most cancellations are re-booked within minutes. A free Scout checks every 30 minutes, around the clock, and emails you the instant a site opens for your dates; this page's live numbers refresh several times an hour.
Get emailed the second a site opens at Dorst Creek. 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 Dorst Creek — booking link included, while the opening is still live.
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 →
≈4,058 checks in 42 days. Zero openings.
We've checked Dorst Creek every 15 minutes since Jul 13, 2026 and have never caught a reserved date flipping to available — not once. That is what "books out instantly" looks like as data: cancellations here either don't happen or vanish faster than a 15-minute window can see.
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/sequoia-kings-canyon/dorst-creek.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 Dorst Creek opens up:
POST https://calafia.ai/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"sequoia-kings-canyon/dorst-creek","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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