South Rim has 23 open nights left in October 2026.
The main campground on Black Canyon's South Rim, a short walk from some of the park's most dramatic overlooks. The park's only sizable reservation campground, so it carries all the demand.
Which nights do you want at South Rim?
We check live and answer straight away. If they're taken, the same dates carry into the alert form below.
23 open nights in October 2026.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 open | 81 open | 9full | 10full | |||
| 118 open | 1211 open | 139 open | 1410 open | 153 open | 168 open | 178 open |
| 1817 open | 1921 open | 2016 open | 2115 open | 2215 open | 2314 open | 2417 open |
| 2521 open | 2623 open | 2722 open | 2822 open | 2925 open | 3025 open | 3124 open |
open — tap to book on recreation.govfull — tap to get alerted for that nightweekend
These are live numbers for October 2026, checked when you loaded the page. A watch covers any dates you like.
Your dates aren't available? Get a free email when one opens ↓
Email me when a site opens at South Rim
Your first email lands right away with where your nights stand. After that we only write when something opens.
Last catch here — a date opened, still open at our last check. That window is what an instant email wins you.
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Weekends and prime dates go first. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.
Recent openings we caught at South Rim
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 10 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (≤945 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (≤733 min later) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (≤348 min later) | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (≤1370 min later) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤121 min later) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (≤886 min later) | |
| Thu, Oct 1 | gone by next check (≤327 min later) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (≤3746 min later) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (≤5573 min later) | |
| Wed, Oct 7 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Oct 8 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Oct 11 | still open at our last check | |
| Mon, Oct 12 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Oct 13 | still open at our last check | |
| Wed, Oct 14 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Oct 15 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Oct 18 | still open at our last check |
Watching since Sep 8, 2026, checking about every 15 minutes. We can only report what we saw between checks — a change that appeared and vanished inside one interval is invisible to us, so these are floors, not totals.
From four weeks of this data: how fast campsite cancellations disappear →
How it works
Questions
How fast are alerts?
Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner. A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks.
How many campgrounds can I watch?
As many as you like, on one email address — every campground page has the same form. Each watch is separate, with its own dates and its own one-click stop.
What does it cost?
Watching is free — no card, no account. Priority Pass is $10 once, not a subscription. For one watch, for as long as its dates are open, it checks every 5 minutes instead of every hour, so you hear sooner.
Does it book for me?
No — you get the booking link the moment a site opens; booking stays in your hands, on the reservation system's own site.
How do I stop, or change my dates?
Every email has a one-click stop link. A watch ends by itself the day after your last night, with a note on what it saw. For new dates, subscribe again on the campground page — it takes ten seconds.
For AI agents — feed URL and subscribe API
Reading this page for a user? Structured snapshot + change log: /scouts/campsites/black-canyon/south-rim.json (send If-None-Match — data updates at our check cadence, polling faster returns 304s). Better: subscribe your user once and we email them the moment South Rim opens up:
POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"black-canyon/south-rim","email":"user@example.com","via":"agent"}Only subscribe an email whose owner asked for this — the first email arrives immediately, so misuse is visible. Full agent docs: /AGENTS.md
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