# Campsites open near Fort St. John this weekend

As of Wed 14 Oct 23:00 PT, 0 of 9 campgrounds within 4 hours of Fort St. John have a site open for Fri 16–Sun 18, both nights. The closest parks are worth a watch — cancellations there happen daily. Northern park distances are larger; check road conditions before setting out.

Counts are sites open for BOTH nights of Fri 16–Sun 18 as of Wed 14 Oct 23:00 PT; drive times are straight-line estimates from downtown Fort St. John with a ferry allowance.

## Within 4 hours, nearest first (open first, then full)
- [Beatton Provincial Park](https://parksopen.ca/bc/parks/beatton-provincial-park?start=2026-10-16&nights=2) — about 19 min — Full · both nights
- [Charlie Lake Provincial Park](https://parksopen.ca/bc/parks/charlie-lake-provincial-park?start=2026-10-16&nights=2) — about 20 min — Full · both nights
- [Moberly Lake Provincial Park](https://parksopen.ca/bc/parks/moberly-lake-provincial-park?start=2026-10-16&nights=2) — about 1 h 10 min — Full · both nights
- [Gwillim Lake Provincial Park](https://parksopen.ca/bc/parks/gwillim-lake-provincial-park?start=2026-10-16&nights=2) — about 1 h 30 min — Full · both nights
- [Swan Lake Provincial Park](https://parksopen.ca/bc/parks/swan-lake-provincial-park?start=2026-10-16&nights=2) — about 1 h 30 min — Full · both nights
- [Whiskers Point Provincial Park](https://parksopen.ca/bc/parks/whiskers-point-provincial-park?start=2026-10-16&nights=2) — about 3 h — Full · both nights
- [Carp Lake Provincial Park](https://parksopen.ca/bc/parks/carp-lake-provincial-park?start=2026-10-16&nights=2) — about 3 h 25 min — Full · both nights
- [Crooked River Provincial Park](https://parksopen.ca/bc/parks/crooked-river-provincial-park?start=2026-10-16&nights=2) — about 3 h 25 min — Full · both nights
- [Purden Lake Provincial Park](https://parksopen.ca/bc/parks/purden-lake-provincial-park?start=2026-10-16&nights=2) — about 4 h — Full · both nights

## Full today can change
In our first 8 days (2–9 Sep 2026), a booked BC Parks site-night came back 16,551 times. 57% of those were for stays within the next seven days, and 29% were booked again within the hour. That is what we saw, not your odds.

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