Findings from continuous watching
Hardest canyon-country reservations (spring & fall)
Every campground on a March-May / September-October shoulder-season schedule, ranked over its most recent shoulder window.
Open right now
7 of 12 campgrounds we watch here have weekend nights open this month
Remaining Friday and Saturday nights this month, from our latest check of each campground. A full campground opens up when someone cancels — a watch emails you the moment it does.
- Buckhorn · Weekends open this month
- Mather · Weekends open this month
- South · Weekends open this month
- Tyler Bend · Weekends open this month
- Watchman · Weekends open this month
- Buffalo Point · 1 of 4 weekend nights taken this month
- Fruita · 1 of 4 weekend nights taken this month
Fully booked this month: Desert View, Devils Garden, Needles District, North Rim, Willow Flat
Campsites
Ranked
Share of this campground's counted nights that never showed availability on any check, highest first. Cancellations per week is how often we caught a night open up anyway.
| Campground | Window | Fully booked | Nights counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Flat Canyonlands National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 100% fully booked 0.0 cancellations/wk | 54 nights · ≈4,038 checks |
| Buffalo Point Buffalo National River | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 63% fully booked 0.0 cancellations/wk | 54 nights · ≈4,194 checks |
| Tyler Bend Buffalo National River | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 63% fully booked 0.0 cancellations/wk | 54 nights · ≈4,067 checks |
| South Zion National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 62% fully booked 2.7 cancellations/wk | 61 nights · ≈9,606 checks |
| Watchman Zion National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 57% fully booked 3.2 cancellations/wk | 61 nights · ≈9,011 checks |
| Devils Garden Arches National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 56% fully booked 2.5 cancellations/wk | 61 nights · ≈7,407 checks |
| Fruita Capitol Reef National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 51% fully booked 3.4 cancellations/wk | 61 nights · ≈7,399 checks |
| Buckhorn Chickasaw National Recreation Area (Arbuckle Mountains) | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 48% fully booked 0.8 cancellations/wk | 46 nights · ≈3,365 checks |
| North Rim Grand Canyon National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 43% fully booked 0.0 cancellations/wk | 61 nights · ≈8,767 checks |
| Needles District Canyonlands National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 43% fully booked 2.9 cancellations/wk | 54 nights · ≈4,084 checks |
| Mather Grand Canyon National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 34% fully booked 0.0 cancellations/wk | 61 nights · ≈8,749 checks |
| Desert View Grand Canyon National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 18% fully booked 1.5 cancellations/wk | 61 nights · ≈8,768 checks |