Bryce Canyon National Park · UT

Sunset Campground has 11 open nights left in October 2026.

Sunset Campground campground
Photo: Recreation.gov

Bryce's other in-park campground, near Sunset Point and its namesake overlook. A summer-season campground competing for the same small pool of amphitheater-adjacent sites as North.

Your dates

Which nights do you want at Sunset Campground?

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Live availability
checked just now via recreation.gov

11 open nights in October 2026.

October 2026
October 2026 availability at Sunset Campground
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2218 open2329 open2423 open
2536 open2636 open2735 open2837 open2938 open3040 open3144 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.

Last 30 days at Sunset Campground

29 cancellations opened 44 nights here

cancellations we saw
29
gone within an hour
8%
gone within a day
77%
Fri/Sat nights
50%
busiest hour (UTC)
12pm

Over the last 30 days, our checks saw 29 cancellations open up at Sunset Campground (about 7 a week), covering 44 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 13 nights we saw open and then close again, 8% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 46% within six hours and 77% within a day. 47% of openings landed in the 12pm hour (UTC), and Friday was the busiest day for them (27%). 50% 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.

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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.

Openings we've detected

Recent openings we caught at Sunset Campground

Detected (local)Date affectedResolution
Sat, Oct 31still open at our last check
Fri, Oct 16still open at our last check
Sat, Oct 17still open at our last check
Fri, Oct 30still open at our last check
Sat, Oct 17gone by next check (within 819 min)
Fri, Oct 16gone by next check (within 110 min)
Fri, Oct 16gone by next check (within 96 min)
Thu, Oct 29still open at our last check
Fri, Oct 16gone by next check (within 439 min)
Fri, Oct 16gone by next check (within 149 min)
Fri, Oct 16gone by next check (within 469 min)
Wed, Oct 28still open at our last check
Fri, Oct 16gone by next check (within 544 min)
Fri, Oct 16gone by next check (within 78 min)
Tue, Oct 27still open at our last check
Mon, Oct 26still open at our last check
Sun, Oct 25still open at our last check
Sat, Oct 24still open at our last check
Fri, Oct 23still open at our last check
Thu, Oct 22still open at our last check

Watching since Sep 16, 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.

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From four weeks of this data: how fast campsite cancellations disappear →

The loop

How it works

01Tell us the nights you want at Sunset Campground.
02Free: we check every hour, day and night. When a site opens for your nights you get an email with the booking link in it.
03When a site opens, you get an email with the booking link — booking stays in your hands.
Straight answers

Questions

Is Sunset Campground sold out this weekend?

As of Oct 22, 2:31 AM UTC, Fri, Oct 23 has 29 sites open and Sat, Oct 24 has 23 sites open at Sunset Campground. Open nights are bookable right now on recreation.gov.

How often do sites open up at Sunset Campground?

Over the last 30 days, our checks saw 29 cancellations open up at Sunset Campground (about 7 a week), covering 44 nights, plus 1 larger release of a week or more. Of the 13 nights we saw open and then close again, 8% were gone within an hour of us spotting them, 46% within six hours and 77% 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 Sunset Campground?

47% of openings landed in the 12pm hour (UTC), and Friday was the busiest day for them (27%). 50% 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/bryce-canyon/sunset.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 Sunset Campground opens up:

POST https://campsitecancellations.com/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{"targetSlug":"bryce-canyon/sunset","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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