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Kestrel watches campsite availability across Recreation.gov and California State Parks. The moment a site opens, you'll know.
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Find any campground across Recreation.gov and ReserveCalifornia — all in one place.
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Choose your dates and minimum nights. Kestrel starts watching immediately, scanning every 2 minutes.
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The moment a site opens up, you get an email. Go book it before anyone else even knows it's available.
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Built for serious campers.
Every feature is designed around one goal: getting you a campsite before anyone else.
Instant alerts
Every watched campground is rescanned every 2 minutes — and every 30 seconds in the half hour around a provider's daily release, when cancellations actually land.
One place to watch
Recreation.gov and ReserveCalifornia in a single app, not two tabs. BC Parks and GoingToCamp are coming next.
Map view
Browse campsites on an interactive map. See what's available near you or plan a road trip.
Drop window alerts
Recreation.gov releases at 4 PM ET and ReserveCalifornia at 8 AM PT. Kestrel scans every 30 seconds for 30 minutes either side of those windows.
Notification-only
We never auto-book. You stay in control — we just make sure you know the second a site opens.
Federal & state parks
US federal campgrounds and California State Parks — Yosemite, Yellowstone, Big Sur and hundreds more.
A clear, instant alert — straight to your inbox.
The moment a site opens at a campground you're watching, you get an email with everything you need — campground, dates, how many sites are available — and a direct link to book.
- ✓Sent within 2 minutes of availability opening
- ✓Direct booking link — no extra steps
- ✓One email per alert, no spam
Kestrel
Campsite alert
2 sites available — Upper Pines, Yosemite
Yosemite National Park · CA
Dates
Aug 10 → Aug 13
Available
2 sites open
You're receiving this because you set a Kestrel alert.
1,246
Campgrounds tracked
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Reservation systems
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Scans during release windows
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