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Cape Fair Campground

36.7232° N / 93.5273° W · Data Sep 18 2026, checked hourly
Next open date Sep 18Next open weekend Sep 1882 detected openings this week47 monitored sites

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Campsite Sniper detected 82 site openings here in the last 7 days
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01 · Detected Opening History · the openings record · file CS-232542

When Cape Fair reopens

Cape Fair's openings record: every site-date Campsite Sniper detected turning available, logged and time-stamped. Refreshed hourly.
Openings · last 7 days
82
Openings · last 30 days
145
Openings · last 90 days
162

Weekday pattern

Detected openings by day of week · 90d
0102030409272739201921MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUNOPENINGS RECORDED · LAST 90 DAYS · N = 162

Thursday accounted for the largest share of the openings Campsite Sniper detected. 39 of 162 openings detected in the last 90 days occurred on a Thursday (24.1%), with Tuesday (27) and Wednesday (27) next in line.

Hour-of-day pattern

First detected by hour · local time · last 90 days
0102030202729000408121620HOUR OF DAY (24H) · CT · LAST 90 DAYS

The largest concentrations of detected openings were first detected during the 19:00 and 20:00 local-time hours. Those hours contained 56 of 162 detected openings (34.6%). Hours show when Campsite Sniper first detected each opening, in Central Time, not when the change was made upstream.

Lead-time profile

Days before stay date · percentiles
P25 · 10DMEDIAN · 30 DAYS OUTP75 · 39D0306090120150180DAYS BEFORE STAY DATE

Half of the openings Campsite Sniper detected appeared at least 30 days before the stay date; the middle 50% land 10–39 days out. Set an alert if you want Campsite Sniper to monitor future openings.

Highest-churn sites

Most openings · 90d
SiteOpeningsShare of all openings
11  169.9%
01  169.9%
13  159.3%
23  116.8%
42  84.9%

Site 11 had the most detected openings in the last 90 days: 16. One free watch covers every site here.

02 · Availability Outlook · Sep 18 – Oct 31, 2026 · of 47 monitored sites

Of the 2,068 tracked site-dates (Sep 18 – Oct 31, 2026): 833 open for online reservation · 1,235 reserved.

Where the open windows are

59.7% of tracked site-dates are not currently open for online reservation. 833 of 2,068 remain open; here is where they are.

Load status

Sep 18 – Oct 31, 2026
Not open online59.7%
Open site-dates833 / 2,068
Reserved (of online inventory)1,235 / 2,068
Weekday openings586
Weekend openings203

Of the open site-nights on mapped sites, 586 fall on weekdays and 203 on weekends (Fri–Sun). The split covers the 789 open site-nights on mapped sites; 833 site-dates are open across all monitored inventory.

Open dates by month

Sep 2026 – Oct 2026
04008001,2001,600224609SEPOCTSOLID = OPEN SITE-DATES · DASHED OUTLINE = TOTAL BOOKABLE

October holds the most room. 609 of 1,457 site-dates are still open there.

Holiday windows

Sites open per night · of 46 sites
WindowNightSites openStatus
Labor DaySAT Sep 50None open
SUN Sep 60None open
MON Sep 70None open

Labor Day: no online availability on any tracked night.

Holiday windows — day use

Units open per date · of 1 day-use unit
WindowDateUnits openStatus
Labor DaySAT Sep 50None open
SUN Sep 60None open
MON Sep 70None open

Labor Day: no online availability on any tracked date.

Best-availability sites

Most open site-nights · tracked window
SiteOpen site-nights
36  29
37  27
43  27
27  26
29  25

The 5 sites with the most open site-nights in the current snapshot. Pair a bookable date with a free alert to cover everything else.

Availability by day-use unit

Most open reservation dates · tracked window
UnitOpen reservation dates
Group Shelter (Pavilion)  44

This day-use unit currently has 44 reservation dates available.

Next windows

As of Sep 18, 2026 snapshot
Next open dateFri · Sep 18
Next open weekendFri · Sep 18

The next bookable night is Sep 18; the first open weekend starts Sep 18. Campsite Sniper can watch later dates for you.

Stays and site detail

789 open site-nights across 46 sites at Cape Fair, from the same hourly snapshot as everything above.

46 overnight sites and 1 day-use unit are represented in the current inventory. Day-use inventory is excluded from every night-based figure on this page — site-nights, longest runs, multi-night stays, holiday stays and RV fit; its reservation dates are listed separately below.

Multi-night stays. 176 2-night, 144 3-night, 27 7-night openings where a single site is free for every night, per Campsite Sniper's current snapshot — soonest Sep 18 at site 11.

RV length. Longest recorded site here is 72 ft. 46 sites take 25 ft, 40 sites take 35 ft, 33 sites take 40 ft.

All 46 sites with current availability
SiteMax RVHookupsOpen site-nightsLongest runDates
3626 ftYes297 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6 +17 more
3736 ftYes277 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8 +15 more
4346 ftYes277 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7 +15 more
2760 ftYes267 nightsSep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 12, Oct 13 +14 more
2952 ftYes257 nightsSep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6 +13 more
0160 ftYes249 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7 +12 more
3170 ftYes247 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15 +12 more
4468 ftYes247 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8 +12 more
1127 ftYes237 nightsSep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 4 +11 more
2350 ftYes237 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15 +11 more
2440 ftYes227 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 13, Oct 18 +10 more
0643 ftYes217 nightsSep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20 +9 more
4250 ftYes2111 nightsSep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 18, Oct 19 +9 more
0240 ftYes207 nightsSep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20 +8 more
1440 ftYes207 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7 +8 more
3448 ftYes207 nightsSep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20 +8 more
4135 ftYes205 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8 +8 more
1238 ftYes196 nightsSep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 27, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20 +7 more
2549 ftYes197 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 19 +7 more
3045 ftYes197 nightsSep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22 +7 more
3935 ftYes1914 nightsSep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 23, Oct 24 +7 more
2638 ftYes187 nightsSep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 25 +6 more
0440 ftYes175 nightsSep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7 +5 more
0544 ftYes176 nightsSep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 5, Oct 6 +5 more
0844 ftYes167 nightsSep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Sep 28, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 14, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27 +4 more
1631 ftYes166 nightsOct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 12, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 26, Oct 27 +4 more
1745 ftYes167 nightsOct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 12, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27 +4 more
2840 ftYes167 nightsSep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Oct 1, Oct 11, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27 +4 more
3257 ftYes167 nightsSep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27 +4 more
4645 ftYes167 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27 +4 more
1338 ftYes154 nightsOct 4, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 26 +3 more
1840 ftYes145 nightsOct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20 +2 more
1942 ftYes146 nightsOct 4, Oct 5, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29 +2 more
1542 ftYes135 nightsOct 4, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 12, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21, Oct 22, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30 +1 more
2247 ftYes124 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 27, Oct 4, Oct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15
3366 ftYes127 nightsSep 23, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31
0333 ftYes115 nightsSep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 4, Oct 7, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29
3572 ftYes115 nightsSep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 18, Oct 19
4740 ftYes117 nightsSep 20, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31
1051 ftYes104 nightsOct 5, Oct 6, Oct 7, Oct 8, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 18, Oct 25, Oct 30, Oct 31
2148 ftYes104 nightsSep 22, Sep 23, Sep 28, Sep 29, Sep 30, Oct 1, Oct 4, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 28
2044 ftYes84 nightsOct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14, Oct 15, Oct 18, Oct 19, Oct 26, Oct 27
3835 ftYes84 nightsSep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Oct 14, Oct 25, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28
0730 ftYes76 nightsSep 20, Oct 26, Oct 27, Oct 28, Oct 29, Oct 30, Oct 31
0944 ftYes73 nightsSep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Oct 5, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 14
4030 ftYes63 nightsSep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29, Oct 19, Oct 20, Oct 21

Day-use inventory

44 available reservation dates across 1 day-use unit. Day-use inventory is reserved by the date, so it carries no stay length.
All 1 day-use unit with current availability
UnitOpen reservation datesConsecutive datesDates
Group Shelter (Pavilion)4444 datesSep 18, Sep 19, Sep 20, Sep 21, Sep 22, Sep 23, Sep 24, Sep 25, Sep 26, Sep 27, Sep 28, Sep 29 +32 more

About Cape Fair

Overview

Cape Fair is a spacious and shady campground that sits along the James River Arm of Table Rock Lake.

Perfect for water and nature lovers alike, Cape Fair campground provides a scenic escape in the beautiful foothills of the Ozark Mountains.

Recreation

Whether on water or land, Cape Fair Campground offers visitors countless recreational activities. But above all, this is a fisherman's favorite--Its location on the upper James River Arm affords visitors the opportunity to be near some of the best fishing action on Table Rock Lake. With plenty of campsites located right near the water's edge, visitors don't even have to leave the campground to find excellent fishing along the campground's spacious shoreline. For visitors looking to get out on the water, the Cape Fair Boat Dock and Marina can service all of your boating needs, including fuel, storage and equipment rentals. Popular activities include water skiing, wakeboarding and tubing on the bright blue waters of Table Rock Lake. A large swimming beach is located on the left side of the campground, within walking distance of a picnic area. Visitors can make a day of picnicking by the water, soaking up the sun and cooling off in the lake. Table Rock Lakeshore Trail, about 2 miles long, runs from the Dewey Short Visitor Center to the Table Rock State Park Marina. During the spring hikers will see dogwood, serviceberry and redbud trees in bloom as well as many wildflower species. During the autumn months, visitors are treated to nature's colorful fall foliage. The trail also offers beautiful views of Table Rock Lake. Other hiking and mountain biking opportunities are available at the Mark Twain National Forest, parts of which are easily accessible from the campground. Click here for more information.

Facilities

Cape Fair Campground offers 45 reservable campsites, along with one large reservable group picnic shelter. With a good number of sites along the waterfront and almost all sites offering stunning views of the lake, visitors can't go wrong with Cape Fair Campground. Amenities like hot showers, drinking water, a dump station and electric hookups create a comfortable camping experience. While a large swim area, boat ramp, playground and marina provide the perfect everything you need for endless family-friendly entertainment.

Natural Features

Table Rock Lake is a beautiful body of water surrounded by a forest of oak and hickory trees. Its waters wind down through the valleys and hollows of the Ozark Mountains, from Branson, Missouri to Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

More than five million visitors per year take advantage of this recreational oasis. Originally built for flood control, the Table Rock Dam has created a lake that boasts 779 miles of shoreline for the public to enjoy.

Nearby Attractions

The Dewey Short Visitors Center is located at the south end of Table Rock Dam. It offers three educational films focused on the history of the dam, the story of Lewis and Clark and the history of eagles and their endangerment in the state of Missouri. The visitor center also contains exhibits on the natural history of the area. Cape Fair Campground is about 25 miles from Branson, Missouri, which offers grocery stores, gas and additional tourist attractions.

47 monitored sitesRVs up to 72 ft46 with hookups45 shadedPets OKFire pitsMax party 8

Getting there

From Reeds Spring, Missouri, head south on Highway 13 for 1.4 miles. Turn West onto Highway 76 and continue for 8 miles to Cape Fair. Turn southwest onto Lake Road 76-82 and follow signs to the campground.

1092 Shadrack Rd, Cape Fair, MO 65624417-538-2220
BikingBoatingCampingFishingHikingKayakingPhotographyPicnickingRanger StationScuba DivingSwimmingSwimming SiteWater AccessWater SportsWildlife Viewing

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FAQ

How do I get a reservation at Cape Fair?

Reservations for Cape Fair are made through Recreation.gov. 833 of 2,068 tracked site-dates are currently open (40.3%). Campsite Sniper has also detected 162 site openings here in the last 90 days, so further dates may appear. Pick a site or unit on the map to see its calendar, or set a free Campsite Sniper alert. You complete the reservation yourself on Recreation.gov.

Does Campsite Sniper book this facility for me?

No. Campsite Sniper sends alerts and direct Recreation.gov links. It never books, pays for, holds, hoards, or resells reservations.

How current is this availability data?

Campsite Sniper re-checks public Recreation.gov availability for this facility every hour and republishes whenever anything changes. This facility's data last changed at Sep 18, 2026 16:19 UTC; an older timestamp means nothing has changed since that time, not that checking stopped. Always confirm final availability on Recreation.gov when you book.

How often do new openings appear at Cape Fair?

Campsite Sniper detected 82 site-date openings at Cape Fair in the last 7 days, 145 over 30 days and 162 over the last 90.

Which day of the week had the most detected openings at Cape Fair?

Thursday accounted for the largest share of the openings Campsite Sniper detected in the last 90 days: 39 of 162 (24.1%). Days reflect when Campsite Sniper first detected each opening, not when the change occurred upstream.

Can I get a multi-night stay at Cape Fair?

144 three-night openings are showing, counting only runs where the SAME site is free for all three nights. The soonest starts Sep 18 at site 11. Confirm and book on Recreation.gov.

Which sites at Cape Fair fit a 35-foot RV?

40 of the 46 sites that support RV analysis have a recorded maximum of 35 ft or more; the longest recorded is 72 ft.

Which month has the most availability at Cape Fair?

October 2026, with 609 open site-dates in the current snapshot of 1,457.

How far ahead of a stay do openings appear at Cape Fair?

Half of the openings Campsite Sniper detected appeared at least 30 days before the stay date; the middle 50% landed 10-39 days out. Campsite Sniper can monitor future changes for dates you select.

When is the next open date at Cape Fair?

As of the Sep 18, 2026 snapshot: the next open date is Fri, Sep 18 and the next open weekend starts Fri, Sep 18. Detected openings can add earlier dates at any time; a free Campsite Sniper alert catches those the moment they appear.

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