Lookout finder
Lookouts, cabins & guard stations
Every rentable fire lookout, backcountry cabin, and old guard station on public land, with open nights for your dates and exactly when the rest go on sale.
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Tap a pin for details, ratings, season status, and when its dates open. Choose check-in dates to color every pin by availability for those nights.
Fire lookout Cabin Guard station
Availability is refreshed on a schedule from Recreation.gov. It can lag a cancellation by a few hours, so confirm on the booking site.
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Nearly all of these are federal rentals on Recreation.gov: Forest Service lookouts, cabins, and guard stations, plus cabins run by the Park Service, BLM, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Corps of Engineers. Each night opens six months ahead at 7:00 a.m. Pacific, and the popular ones are gone within minutes. Cancellations do appear, which is what the map watches for. Lookouts are checked daily, cabins and guard stations every two days.
A handful of lookouts book elsewhere: a state park system, a phone line one day a year, or a host on Airbnb. For those, the map shows the release rules instead of live availability. This site never books for you, and never logs in anywhere on your behalf.