Reservation odds almanac
How hard is it to actually book that campsite?
Booking-difficulty odds for thousands of Recreation.gov campgrounds. See how hard each campground is to book by month, when reservations open, and which nearby sites are easier to get.
Legend — booking difficulty
1 · EasyBooking difficulty10 · Lottery

01 — Book early
Hardest campgrounds right now
The most competitive reservations in our data — plan well ahead.
Tulalip Mill Site Group Campground
WALottery-hard
PIKE COMMUNITY
COLottery-hard
CONTORTA POINT GROUP CAMP
ORLottery-hard
Capitol Reef Group Campground
UTLottery-hard
PINE NEEDLE GROUP SITE
WALottery-hard
SPRING CANYON GROUP SITE
WALottery-hard
APPALACHIAN CLUBHOUSE
TNLottery-hard
ELWOOD CABIN
COLottery-hard
Coal Creek Group Camp
WALottery-hard
Clear Creek Group Campground (NM)
NMLottery-hard
DEKKAS ROCK
CALottery-hard
BIG ELK
IDLottery-hard
02 — Still open
Easy wins in October
See all →Campgrounds you can usually still get this month.
Superbowl Campground
UTEasy
Creek Pasture Campground
UTEasy
Sand Island Recreation Area
UTEasy
ELK CREEK CAMPGROUND
COEasy
Pink House Recreation Site
IDEasy
Tuttle Creek Campground
CAEasy
Painted Rock Petroglyph Campground
AZEasy
MANY GLACIER CAMPGROUND
MTEasy
MORRIS HILL CAMPGROUND
VAEasy
Pleasant Valley Pit Campground
CAEasy
Two Medicine Campground
MTEasy
Crowley Lake Campground
CAEasy