campnw

Find available campsites across the Pacific Northwest.

Live at campnw.palouselabs.com

campnw searches real-time availability across Recreation.gov (federal campgrounds) and Washington State Parks in a single query. Filter by drive time, trip type, tags (lakeside, pet-friendly, old-growth...), and toggle between sources instantly.

Features

• Multi-provider search — Recreation.gov + WA State Parks (GoingToCamp) in one search
• 685+ campgrounds across WA, OR, and ID with auto-generated tags
• Distance filtering — approximate drive time from Seattle, Bellevue, Portland, Spokane, Bellingham, or Moscow ID
• Trip type presets — Weekend (F–Su), Long weekend (Th–Su), Weekdays, or custom day picker
• Two search modes — "Find a date" (flexible range) and "Exact dates"
• Availability heat map — GitHub-style contribution graph showing site density across your date range
• Progressive results — SSE streaming shows results as they arrive (~1-2s for first results)
• Watchlist — monitor campgrounds for cancellations, get notified when sites open up
• Dark mode — system-aware with manual toggle
• Direct booking links — pre-filled links to recreation.gov and GoingToCamp

Tech Stack

• Backend: Python 3.12, FastAPI, SQLite, httpx, curl_cffi (GoingToCamp WAF bypass)
• Frontend: React, Vite, TypeScript
• Deployment: Fly.io (Docker), GitHub Actions CI/CD, Cloudflare DNS

Development

# Backend
python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install -e ".[api,dev]"
cp .env.example .env  # add RIDB_API_KEY
.venv/bin/uvicorn pnw_campsites.api:app --port 8000

# Frontend
cd web && npm install && npm run dev

Open http://localhost:5173

CLI

# Search for available campsites
.venv/bin/python3 -m pnw_campsites search --dates 2026-06-01:2026-06-30 --state WA --nights 2 --from seattle --days long-weekend

# Check a specific campground
.venv/bin/python3 -m pnw_campsites check 232465 --dates 2026-06-01:2026-06-30

# List registry campgrounds
.venv/bin/python3 -m pnw_campsites list --state WA --tags lakeside

# Watch for cancellations
.venv/bin/python3 -m pnw_campsites watch add 232465 --dates 2026-06-01:2026-06-30 --nights 2
.venv/bin/python3 -m pnw_campsites watch poll

Project Status

See ROADMAP.md for the full v0.1 → v1.0 plan.

Currently at v0.3 — search, monitoring, dashboard, dark mode, calendar heat map, streaming results, and distance/tag filtering are all working and deployed.

License

Personal project by Palouse Labs.