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Steep Ravine  ·  Mount Tamalpais State Park  ·  Marin County, CA

100,000 people enter the lottery.
10 get a cabin.
We watch for the ones that open back up.

Lottery losers aren't out of luck. Cancellations return to the pool at 8 a.m. Dibs on Dirt catches them the moment they post.

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10
Ocean-view cabins
100K+
Annual lottery entries
< 0.1%
Lottery odds
8 a.m.
Cancellations return
Why it's hard to book

Ten cabins on a Marin bluff. One hundred thousand people trying to get in.

Steep Ravine's 10 rustic wood cabins perch on a Pacific Ocean bluff in Marin County, with no electricity, no running water, just raw coastline and some of the most dramatic sunsets in Northern California. Every fall, California State Parks runs a lottery for the following year's reservations. Over 100,000 people enter. Ten win.

After the lottery, any unused or cancelled reservations re-enter the general pool on ReserveCalifornia the following morning at 8 a.m. Dibs on Dirt monitors every cancellation and emails you the instant one opens up, turning a 1-in-10,000 shot into something you can actually plan around.

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Park details

Steep Ravine at a glance

Location
Marin County, CA
Ocean cabins
10 rustic cabins
Tent sites
6 environmental
Nightly fee
~$100 (cabins)
Booking
Lottery + cancellations
Best months
Oct – May
Pets allowed
Not allowed
Reservations
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