North Pines is booked solid. Cancellations happen every day.
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.
Right now: 0 sites open at North Pines 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 North Pines. 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 North Pines — booking link included, while the opening is still live.
Last catch here — a date opened, gone by our next check (≤45 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 North Pines
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Wed, Aug 19 | gone by next check (≤45 min later) | |
| Thu, Aug 20 | gone by next check (≤91 min later) | |
| Thu, Aug 20 | gone by next check (≤31 min later) | |
| Wed, Aug 26 | gone by next check (≤225 min later) | |
| Fri, Aug 21 | gone by next check (≤16 min later) | |
| Fri, Aug 21 | gone by next check (≤30 min later) | |
| Sat, Aug 22 | gone by next check (≤15 min later) | |
| Sun, Aug 16 | gone by next check (≤166 min later) | |
| Sun, Aug 16 | gone by next check (≤16 min later) | |
| Wed, Aug 19 | gone by next check (≤75 min later) | |
| Sat, Aug 15 | gone by next check (≤16 min later) | |
| Thu, Aug 27 | gone by next check (≤45 min later) | |
| Thu, Aug 27 | gone by next check (≤30 min later) | |
| Sat, Aug 15 | gone by next check (≤45 min later) | |
| Mon, Aug 17 | gone by next check (≤76 min later) | |
| Wed, Aug 26 | gone by next check (≤121 min later) | |
| Thu, Aug 27 | gone by next check (≤31 min later) | |
| Thu, Aug 27 | gone by next check (≤15 min later) | |
| Wed, Aug 19 | gone by next check (≤60 min later) | |
| Tue, Aug 18 | gone by next check (≤16 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.
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/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://calafia.ai/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
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.
How to actually get a campsite at Yosemite National Park — the full playbook →
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