Last-minute camping in Arizona — campgrounds with weekend nights open
Which Arizona campgrounds we watch still have weekend nights open this month, checked live — and which stay fully booked, each ranked over its own park's most recent season.
7 of 10 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.
- Dead Horse Ranch Cabins · Weekends open this month
- Dead Horse Ranch State Park · Weekends open this month
- Lake Havasu Cabins · Weekends open this month
- Lake Havasu State Park · Weekends open this month
- Lost Dutchman State Park · Weekends open this month
- Mather · Weekends open this month
- Cave Springs · 2 of 4 weekend nights taken this month
Fully booked this month: Desert View, Manzanita, North Rim
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Rim Grand Canyon National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 43% fully booked 0.0 cancellations/wk | 61 nights · ≈8,767 checks |
| Mather Grand Canyon National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 34% fully booked 0.0 cancellations/wk | 61 nights · ≈8,749 checks |
| Lake Havasu State Park Arizona State Parks | Oct 1, 2026 – Apr 30, 2027 | 30% fully booked 3.0 cancellations/wk | 43 nights · ≈4,143 checks |
| Lake Havasu Cabins Arizona State Parks | Oct 1, 2026 – Apr 30, 2027 | 30% fully booked 3.0 cancellations/wk | 43 nights · ≈4,143 checks |
| Lost Dutchman State Park Arizona State Parks | Oct 1, 2026 – Apr 30, 2027 | 30% fully booked 3.0 cancellations/wk | 43 nights · ≈4,143 checks |
| Desert View Grand Canyon National Park | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026 | 18% fully booked 1.5 cancellations/wk | 61 nights · ≈8,768 checks |
| Dead Horse Ranch Cabins Arizona State Parks | Oct 1, 2026 – Apr 30, 2027 | 7% fully booked 6.0 cancellations/wk | 43 nights · ≈4,143 checks |
| Dead Horse Ranch State Park Arizona State Parks | Oct 1, 2026 – Apr 30, 2027 | 2% fully booked 6.6 cancellations/wk | 43 nights · ≈4,143 checks |
Season not in view yet
Watched here too, but none of the nights that count for these has been bookable while we watched.
Cave Springs Coconino National Forest (Oak Creek Canyon) · Jun 1 – Sep 7, 2026 · Manzanita Coconino National Forest (Oak Creek Canyon) · Jun 1 – Sep 7, 2026
Excluded today (checks currently failing, so we can't vouch for their numbers): Aspen, Crook, Spillway, Clear Creek, Fernow Cabin, Portal Bunkhouse, Rose Canyon, Shaw House, Demotte, Alamo Canyon Primitive, Alto Pit Ohv, Sycamore Cabin, Frazier Horse, Lower Tonto Creek, Tortilla.