Where CampHawk's information comes from
CampHawk is not a government app.
CampHawk is an independent app and does not represent any government entity. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized by Recreation.gov, the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Parks Canada, or any state, provincial or territorial park agency. All campground information and availability shown in CampHawk comes from the official sources listed below, and every booking is completed on the official reservation site.
How the data is obtained
CampHawk does not create campground or availability information. It reads what the official reservation systems below publish, and shows it to you unchanged. When a campsite opens up, CampHawk sends you to that same official site to book it — every reservation, payment and cancellation happens there, under that agency's terms, not CampHawk's.
Official sources
- Recreation.gov (U.S. federal recreation agencies)All 50 states — National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencieshttps://www.recreation.gov
- ReserveAmerica state park reservationsAK, CT, DE, GA, IA, IN, KY, MT, NC, NE, NH, NM, NY, OR, PA, RI, TX, UThttps://www.reserveamerica.com
- Ohio State Parks (ReserveOhio)Ohiohttps://reserveohio.com
- California State Parks (ReserveCalifornia)Californiahttps://www.reservecalifornia.com
- Michigan DNR, Mississippi MDWFP, Washington and Wisconsin State Parks, Parks Canada and seven Canadian park systemsMI, MS, WA, WI — and in Canada: Parks Canada, and the parks of British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Yukonhttps://midnrreservations.com
- Minnesota State Parks (Reserve MN)Minnesotahttps://reservemn.usedirect.com
- Illinois State Parks (Explore More Illinois)Illinoishttps://recreation.exploremoreil.com
- Virginia State Parks (Reserve VA Parks)Virginiahttps://www.reservevaparks.com
- Florida State ParksFloridahttps://reserve.floridastateparks.org
- Missouri State Parks (Camp MO)Missourihttps://icampmo1.usedirect.com
- Wyoming State ParksWyominghttps://reserve.wyoming.gov
- Nevada State Parks (Reserve Nevada)Nevadahttps://www.reservenevada.com
- Tennessee State Parks and South Carolina State ParksTN, SChttps://reserve.tnstateparks.com
- Arizona State Parks & TrailsArizonahttps://azstateparks.com/reserve/
Additional official portals
Some of the sources above serve more than one state or province, or publish through a separate open-data service. Those portals are:
- South Carolina State Parkshttps://reserve.southcarolinaparks.com
- Mississippi MDWFPhttps://reserve.mdwfp.com
- Washington State Parkshttps://washington.goingtocamp.com
- Wisconsin State Parkshttps://wisconsin.goingtocamp.com
- Parks Canada Reservation Servicehttps://reservation.pc.gc.ca
- Ontario Parkshttps://reservations.ontarioparks.ca
- BC Parkshttps://camping.bcparks.ca
- Manitoba Parkshttps://manitoba.goingtocamp.com
- Nova Scotia Provincial Parkshttps://novascotia.goingtocamp.com
- Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Parkshttps://www.nlcamping.ca
- Yukon Campgroundshttps://yukon.goingtocamp.com
- Northwest Territories Parkshttps://nwtparks.goingtocamp.com
- Recreation Information Database (RIDB), the federal open-data APIhttps://ridb.recreation.gov
Accuracy
Availability changes constantly and CampHawk can only report what a reservation system told it at the time it last checked. The official site linked from every campground page and every alert is always the authority. If the two disagree, the official site is correct.
Questions
Email alerts@camphawk.app and a human will answer.