South Rim has 10 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.
Full for your dates. Every night you asked for is taken at South Rim.
A free watch checks every 60 minutes, and a site can open and be taken between two checks. An email is how you hear.
Your dates are already filled in below — just add your email.
10 open nights in October 2026.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2210 open | 2314 open | 2413 open | ||||
| 2518 open | 2621 open | 2719 open | 2816 open | 2921 open | 3019 open | 3119 open |
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These are live numbers for October 2026, checked when you loaded the page. A watch covers any dates you like.
29 cancellations opened 53 nights here
- cancellations we saw
- 29
- gone within an hour
- 9%
- gone within a day
- 75%
- Fri/Sat nights
- 36%
Over the last 30 days, our checks saw 29 cancellations open up at South Rim (about 7 a week), covering 53 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 44 nights we saw open and then close again, 9% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 45% within six hours and 75% within a day. Thursday was the busiest day for them (19%). 36% of the nights that opened were Friday or Saturday nights.
These are counts of what our own checks saw (about every 15 minutes); an opening that appeared and was taken between two checks is not in them, so treat every figure as a floor.
Your dates aren't available? Get a free email when one opens ↓
Watching Fri, Oct 9 — the night you tapped. Change the dates below if you like.
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, gone by our next check (within 53 min). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (within 53 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 17 | gone by next check (within 53 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 16 | gone by next check (within 153 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (within 209 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (within 82 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (within 945 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (within 733 min) | |
| Sat, Oct 10 | gone by next check (within 348 min) | |
| Fri, Oct 9 | gone by next check (within 1370 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (within 121 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (within 886 min) | |
| Thu, Oct 1 | gone by next check (within 327 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 5 | gone by next check (within 3746 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 6 | gone by next check (within 5573 min) | |
| Wed, Oct 7 | gone by next check (within 9864 min) | |
| Thu, Oct 8 | gone by next check (within 10077 min) | |
| Sun, Oct 11 | gone by next check (within 12775 min) | |
| Mon, Oct 12 | gone by next check (within 17209 min) | |
| Tue, Oct 13 | gone by next check (within 18414 min) | |
| Wed, Oct 14 | still open at our last check |
Watching since Sep 8, 2026. Our shared checker refreshes about every 15 minutes — that is the measurement; your watch is the alert. A free watch checks every hour; a Priority Pass watch checks every 5 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
Is South Rim sold out this weekend?
As of Oct 22, 6:45 PM UTC, Fri, Oct 23 has 14 sites open and Sat, Oct 24 has 13 sites open at South Rim. Open nights are bookable right now on recreation.gov.
How often do sites open up at South Rim?
Over the last 30 days, our checks saw 29 cancellations open up at South Rim (about 7 a week), covering 53 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 44 nights we saw open and then close again, 9% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 45% within six hours and 75% within a day. These are counts of what our own checks saw (about every 15 minutes); an opening that appeared and was taken between two checks is not in them, so treat every figure as a floor.
When do cancellations show up at South Rim?
Thursday was the busiest day for them (19%). 36% of the nights that opened were Friday or Saturday nights.
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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