New York State Campsite Photos - Cancellations User Guide

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Current campsite cancellations for NY State and DEC campgrounds between May 16, 2025 and Columbus Day weekend. Enter your own cancellations and offers. New updates throughout the day between 5am and 12am 7 days a week! Please note! Cancellations can get rebooked at any time!

Let's get you started for this season! You can select up to 10 campgrounds to monitor for cancellations.

Note: If you change your selection later, any campground you remove will also be removed from any existing filters you've set.

Cancellation Inquiry Daily Quota & Best Practices

To ensure fair access and maintain site performance, BaseCamp limits each user to 200 cancellation inquiries per day. This prevents excessive server load and ensures that all members can benefit from the cancellation search feature.

Cancellations are updated between 5 AM and 12 AM (midnight), and with a 200-request limit, you can check at least 10 times per hour throughout these 19 hours - more than enough to stay informed without excessive refreshing.

Best Practices for Managing Your Daily Quota:

Use the MyAlerts page - It's designed for efficiency and loads quickly. Bookmark it on your phone or setup a home screen shortcut to it on your mobile device for easy access.
Refresh wisely - There is no need to check more than once every 3-5 minutes.
Avoid browser refresh extensions or automation tools - These violate BaseCamp's terms-of-service and may result in account suspension.

For those tracking a specific campsite and dates, Reserve America allows unlimited page refreshes to check availability directly.

A counter at the bottom of the Cancellations and MyAlerts pages tracks your inquiries and resets at midnight. Most users will not reach this limit, but please plan your searches accordingly.

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That said, I want to be fair and keep our supporters happy. If you've had the Pro Add-on for 4 months or less and feel you received little or no value from it, please reach out for a possible partial refund.

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Cancellation Alerts Help

The Cancellation Alert Feature provides you will easy access to current cancellations of campsites at high occupancy state parks in New York (OPRHP and DEC). The focus at this time is on the period between May 16 and Columbus Day New updates throughout the day between 5am and 12am 7 days a week. Please note cancellations can get rebooked at any time! Priority is placed on watersites, water view, beach sites, electric sites and full hookup sites. As well campers may post their own cancellations using the New Cancellation/Offer tab.

Note! The Cancellation Alerts page should be considered a 'First Alert' system. It provides a somewhat near real time access to cancellations as they happen. Remember however that a cancellation could be rebooked at any time as there are likely others like yourself interested in the same site, especially watersites and sites with hookups. If you click on a 'Check if still Available on RA' you are transferred to the Reserve America reservation website. You might find some or all of the dates are gone when you actually try to rebook the site. In this case someone else simply beat you to the site. You might want to recheck a bit later just in case that person backed out and didn't complete the rebooking. The monitoring does not continually go back to see if a site was rebooked or partially rebooked. Instead it's focus is on finding new cancellations. As such cancellations are only posted for 24 hours and then no longer appear.

For the most recent cancellations posting today use the All Cancellations tab.

If you are looking for cancellations for upcoming dates at one or more campground then consider using the Setup Filter tab to setup up to 3 filters (5 filters for BaseCamp Pro) to help you monitor cancellations for specific dates/campgrounds.

Be sure to join our NY State Campsite Cancellation Facebook Group to get notifications of new cancellations as well as keep up to date on all the improvements and plans for the website, or to ask questions about reservations and cancellations.

In the future you will be able to post cancellation requests. ie sites you are looking for at your favorite campgrounds for specific dates.

Booking a Cancellation

You will be automatically linked over to Reserve America to rebook this site. If all or some of the dates no longer show available then someone else simply was able to rebook the site before you. If none of the remaining dates are available than you are simply out of luck. This site, "New York State Campsite Photos" is in no way affiliated with the Reserve America reservation system.

More Than 14 Day Cancellations

This cancellation includes additional days of availability before and/or after a reservation that was cancelled and thus shows all additional sequential days now available. It does not mean someone was able to cancel so many days or that you can rebook all of those dates. Simply select up to 14 days you are interested in from the new availability.

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The BaseCamp Pro Add-On includes access to:

– Cancellation Alerts – Viewable on the website (filtered and unfiltered) – E-Alerts – Email and/or push notifications – 9-Month-Out Booking Buddy

These tools help you discover campsite cancellations and guide you to the official reservation site to book.

2. About the Data

Cancellation info comes from third-party sources and user contributions. It’s provided as-is and may not always be complete or accurate. You are responsible for how you use it.

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The BaseCamp Pro Add-On relies on external systems for cancellation data. Access to these systems may change or be interrupted without notice. Continued access to BaseCamp Pro features is not guaranteed. By subscribing, you accept this risk and agree that BaseCamp is not liable for missed alerts or booking opportunities.

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5. Fair Use Limits

To ensure equal access for all members, reasonable daily limits apply to how many cancellation results you can view.

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Allegany
Western New York
Ausable Point
Adirondack Park
Bear Spring Mountain
Central New York
Beaverkill
Catskills / Taconic
Bowman Lake
Central New York
Brown Tract Pond
Adirondack Park
Buck Pond
Adirondack Park
Burnham Point
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Buttermilk Falls
Finger Lakes
Caroga Lake
Adirondack Park
Cayuga Lake
Finger Lakes
Cedar Point
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Chenango Valley
Central New York
Coles Creek
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Cranberry Lake
Adirondack Park
Crown Point
Adirondack Park
Cumberland Bay
Adirondack Park
Darien Lakes
Western New York
Delta Lake
Central New York
Devils Tombstone
Catskills / Taconic
Eagle Point
Adirondack Park
Eel Weir
Adirondack Park
Eighth Lake
Adirondack Park
Evangola
Western New York
Fair Haven Beach
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Fillmore Glen
Finger Lakes
Fish Creek
Adirondack Park
Forked Lake
Adirondack Park
Four Mile Creek
Western New York
Frontier Town
Adirondack Park
Gilbert Lake
Central New York
Glimmerglass
Central New York
Golden Beach
Adirondack Park
Golden Hill
Western New York
Grass Point
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Green Lakes
Central New York
Hamlin Beach
Western New York
Hearthstone Point
Adirondack Park
Higley Flow
Adirondack Park
Jacques Cartier
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Keewaydin
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Kenneth L Wilson
Catskills/ Taconic
Keuka Lake
Finger Lakes
Kring Point
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Lake Durant
Adirondack Park
Lake Eaton
Adirondack Park
Lake Erie
Western New York
Lake George Battleground
Adirondack Park
Lake Harris
Adirondack Park
Lake Taghkanic
Catskills / Taconic
Lakeside
Western New York
Letchworth
Western New York
Lewey Lake
Adirondack Park
Limekiln Lake
Adirondack Park
Lincoln Pond
Adirondack Park
Little Pond
Catskills / Taconic
Long Point
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Luzerne
Adirondack Park
Macomb Reservation
Adirondack Park
Max V Shaul
Catskills / Taconic
Meacham Lake
Adirondack Park
Meadowbrook
Adirondack Park
Moffitt Beach
Adirondack Park
Mongaup Pond
Catskills / Taconic
Moreau Lake
Adirondack Park
Nicks Lake
Adirondack Park
North South Lake
Catskills / Taconic
Northampton Beach
Adirondack Park
Oquaga Creek
Central New York
Paradox Lake
Adirondack Park
Piseco Lake
Adirondack Park
Putnam Pond
Adirondack Park
Robert H Treman
Finger Lakes
Robert Moses
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Rogers Rock
Adirondack Park
Rollins Pond
Adirondack Park
Sacandaga
Adirondack Park
Sampson
Finger Lakes
Saranac Lake Islands
Adirondack Park
Scaroon Manor
Adirondack Park
Schodack Island
Catskills / Taconic
Selkirk Shores
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Sharp Bridge
Adirondack Park
Southwick Beach
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Stony Brook
Western New York
Taconic Copake Falls
Catskills / Taconic
Taconic Rudd Pond
Catskills / Taconic
Taughannock Falls
Finger Lakes
Taylor Pond
Adirondack Park
Thompsons Lake
Catskills / Taconic
Verona Beach
Central New York
Watkins Glen
Finger Lakes
Wellesley Island
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Westcott Beach
1000 Islands / Lake Ontario
Whetstone Gulf
Adirondack Park
Wilmington Notch
Adirondack Park
Woodland Valley
Catskills / Taconic

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User profiles coming very soon so you can personalize your experience on NYSCP using your Facebook Credentials:

Setup your equipment size.

Specify your favorite campgrounds.

Enter your dates of interest.

Enter public/private notes for individual campsites.

Enter reviews for campgrounds you have camped at.

Offer your cancellations and make cancellation requests.

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