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Moab campground booking windows & lead times
How far ahead are Moab-area campgrounds booked right now? This is a forward-looking snapshot taken November 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM MST of every night from November 13, 2026 – May 13, 2027 at 46 campgrounds we can see in live provider availability, plus the official booking rules for each land manager.
Key findings
- Next 4 weeks: 27% of reservable weekend site-nights at public and state campgrounds are already booked, vs 12% of weekday nights.20 campgrounds on Recreation.gov and ReserveAmerica; 1,512 weekend and 3,856 weekday reservable site-nights, Nov 13, 2026 – Dec 10, 2026. Weekend = Friday and Saturday nights.
- BLM / county campgrounds are the most booked: 17% of reservable site-nights in the next 4 weeks; lowest is State parks at 16%.BLM / county: 17% (15 campgrounds, 803 site-nights); State parks: 16% (4 campgrounds, 4,565 site-nights). Nights Nov 13, 2026 – Dec 10, 2026.
- Median days ahead to the first night with any site open to book: NPS 108 days (n=1 campgrounds), State parks 2 days (n=4 campgrounds), BLM / county 7 days (n=15 campgrounds).Per campground, the first night in the next 182 days with at least one site open online; median across campgrounds in each group. Snapshot Nov 13, 2026 – May 13, 2027.
- Devils Garden (Arches): 98% of its reservable site-nights in the window are booked; 60 site-nights open across 51 sites.3,772 reservable site-nights (Recreation.gov), Nov 13, 2026 – May 13, 2027. Nights in Devils Garden's first-come season (November–February) are not reservable and are excluded.
- Private RV parks and glamping: 47% of tracked nights in the next 4 weeks show no open site — and every private stay we track has something open within 182 days.26 private stays on Campspot and Hipcamp; 7,420 unit-nights. These platforms don't separate booked from closed, so this is "no open unit", not bookings.
| Sector | Week of Nov 13 | Week of Nov 20 | Week of Nov 27 | Week of Dec 4 | Week of Dec 11 | Week of Dec 18 | Week of Dec 25 | Week of Jan 1 | Week of Jan 8 | Week of Jan 15 | Week of Jan 22 | Week of Jan 29 | Week of Feb 5 | Week of Feb 12 | Week of Feb 19 | Week of Feb 26 | Week of Mar 5 | Week of Mar 12 | Week of Mar 19 | Week of Mar 26 | Week of Apr 2 | Week of Apr 9 | Week of Apr 16 | Week of Apr 23 | Week of Apr 30 | Week of May 7 |
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| NPS1 campgrounds · booked | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83% | 95% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 99% |
| State parks4 campgrounds · booked | 20% | 26% | 14% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 16% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BLM / county15 campgrounds · booked | 38% | 26% | 7% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 12% | 31% | 32% | 19% | 33% | 38% | 49% | 48% | 37% | 48% |
| Private RV17 campgrounds · no open unit | 39% | 45% | 39% | 37% | 38% | 38% | 39% | 39% | 40% | 40% | 39% | 38% | 40% | 48% | 47% | 45% | 48% | 34% | 33% | 30% | 23% | 23% | 25% | 24% | 26% | 24% |
| Glamping4 campgrounds · no open unit | 88% | 93% | 93% | 93% | 93% | 93% | 93% | 80% | 79% | 79% | 79% | 79% | 79% | 90% | 92% | 92% | 92% | 10% | 5% | 7% | 11% | 6% | 5% | 29% | 0% | 5% |
| Private other5 campgrounds · no open unit | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 9% | 0% |
Source: MoabCampgrounds.com booking lead-time study, data November 13, 2026 – May 13, 2027 (snapshot November 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM MST).
Sector matrix
| Sector / management | Representative campgrounds | Booking mechanism | Window opens | Median days ahead to first open night | Next 4 weeks taken (Fri–Sat / Sun–Thu) | First-come notes | Cancellation notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Park Service campgroundsNational Park ServiceGuides: Campgrounds near Arches · Campgrounds near Canyonlands | Devils Garden (Arches); The Needles (Canyonlands) | Recreation.gov. [NPS][NPS] | Devils Garden: standard sites up to six months ahead, from 10 a.m. Eastern; latest four days ahead; reservation-only March 1–October 31. Needles: Loop B individual sites up to six months ahead, mid-March to mid-November. [NPS][Recreation.gov][Recreation.gov] | 108 days (n=1) | — / — booked | Devils Garden is first come, first served November 1–February 28 (Scan & Pay). Needles Loop A is first come, first served. Island in the Sky (Willow Flat) has 12 first-come sites that fill quickly spring through fall. [Recreation.gov][Recreation.gov][NPS] | Recreation.gov individual sites: cancelling the day before or day of arrival costs a $10 service fee plus the first night's fee. Canyonlands keeps no waiting list for cancellations. [Recreation.gov][NPS] |
| Utah State Parks campgroundsUtah State ParksGuides: Dead Horse Point camping | Dead Horse Point (one campground: Kayenta and Wingate loops; Moenkopi yurts); Utahraptor; Green River | ReserveAmerica (Utah State Parks reservations). [Utah State Parks] | Individual sites on a four-month rolling window (e.g. on January 10, through May 10); group sites 11 months. At Dead Horse Point all campsites require a reservation; unreserved sites can be bought at the park on the day of arrival. [Utah State Parks][Utah State Parks] | 2 days (n=4) | 26% / 12% booked | Dead Horse Point: no walk-up camping without a reservation, except unreserved sites sold at the park on arrival day. Utahraptor's Fossil Flats is primitive camping. [Utah State Parks][Utah State Parks] | Cancelling an individual site four or more days ahead costs an $8 cancellation fee plus the $8 reservation fee; under four days forfeits one night's fee as well. [Utah State Parks] |
| BLM & Sand Flats group sites (Recreation.gov)BLM Moab Field Office; Sand Flats (Grand County with BLM)Guides: Colorado River campgrounds (SR-128) | SR-128 group sites (Goose Island, Big Bend, Onion Creek…); Sand Flats group sites; Ken's Lake, Lone Mesa, Horsethief group sites | Recreation.gov for group sites only. [BLM Moab Field Office][Grand County] | BLM group sites: up to six months ahead and up to eight days before arrival. Sand Flats group sites: from 7 days to 6 months out. [BLM Moab Field Office][Grand County] | 7 days (n=15) | 29% / 12% booked | BLM individual sites are first come, first served. Sand Flats' 140 individual sites (eight campgrounds) are first come, first served; in spring and fall they are typically full Thursday–Saturday nights, about 20% turn over each morning, and the county says your best chance is arriving before noon. [BLM Moab Field Office][Grand County] | Recreation.gov rules apply to reservable group sites; group facilities cancelled less than 14 days ahead pay a $10 service fee and forfeit the first night. [Recreation.gov] |
| Private RV parks & resortsPrivate operatorsGuides: Full-hookup RV parks near Moab · Big-rig campgrounds (40 ft+) | Sun Outdoors (Arches Gateway, Moab Downtown, North Moab, Canyonlands Gateway); Moab RV and Glamping Resort; Village Camp Moab | Each park's own booking platform (Campspot, Hipcamp, KOA and others). | Set by each property — not published in our data. | 0 days (n=17) | 39% / 40% no open unit | Not applicable — book online or call the park. | Set by each property — check the listing before booking. |
| Private glamping & cabin staysPrivate operatorsGuides: Glamping & cabins near Moab | Glamping and cabin stays in our data | Each property's booking platform (usually Hipcamp). | Set by each property — not published in our data. | 84 days (n=4) | 90% / 92% no open unit | Not applicable. | Set by each property — check the listing before booking. |
Key booking dynamics
- Most Recreation.gov campgrounds go on sale at 7 a.m. Pacific / 8 a.m. Mountain / 10 a.m. Eastern, but not always — each campground's Seasons tab has its own rule. Sites in your cart are held for 15 minutes. [Recreation.gov]
- Utah State Parks says reservations open four months to the day in advance at 8 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (stated on its Goblin Valley camping page; the Dead Horse Point pages don't give a time). [Utah State Parks]
- First-come, first-served campgrounds near Moab can fill by mid-morning in the busy season and on all holiday weekends. [NPS]
- Arches does not require timed-entry reservations in 2026; reservations are still required for Devils Garden Campground and Fiery Furnace hikes. [NPS][NPS]
- NPS: the furthest week still at least 50% booked starts 175 days ahead; at least 90% through the week starting 175 days ahead (1 campgrounds, 3,772 tracked site-nights).
- Glamping: the furthest week still at least 50% without an open unit starts 112 days ahead; at least 90% through the week starting 112 days ahead (4 campgrounds, 4,732 tracked site-nights).
- Private other: the furthest week still at least 50% without an open unit starts 161 days ahead (5 campgrounds, 3,067 tracked site-nights).
By campground
Every campground in the snapshot. Public and state campgrounds show the share of reservable site-nights booked; private stays show the share of tracked nights with no open unit (their platforms don't separate booked from closed).
| Campground | Sector | Platform | Next 4 weeks | Next 26 weeks | First open night | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bend Group Sites | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | — booked | 53% booked | 7 days ahead | 3 sites · 315 site-nights |
| Lower Onion Creek Group Sites | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | — booked | 31% booked | 7 days ahead | 4 sites · 416 site-nights |
| Goose Island Group Sites | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | — booked | 29% booked | 8 days ahead | 2 sites · 350 site-nights |
| Indian Creek Falls Group Site | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | — booked | 28% booked | 3 days ahead | 1 sites · 181 site-nights |
| Sand Flats Recreation Area Group Campsites | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | 25% booked | 22% booked | 7 days ahead | 6 sites · 1,055 site-nights |
| Horsethief Group Sites | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | 22% booked | 22% booked | 7 days ahead | 5 sites · 59 site-nights |
| Gold Bar Group Sites | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | 19% booked | 17% booked | 8 days ahead | 4 sites · 657 site-nights |
| Creek Pasture Group Site | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | — booked | 15% booked | 2 days ahead | 1 sites · 182 site-nights |
| Superbowl Group Site | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | — booked | 11% booked | 2 days ahead | 1 sites · 180 site-nights |
| Lone Mesa Group Sites | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | 8% booked | 8% booked | 8 days ahead | 5 sites · 53 site-nights |
| Courthouse Rock Campground | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | 23% booked | 7% booked | Tonight | 10 sites · 362 site-nights |
| North Klondike Campground | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | 0% booked | 1% booked | Tonight | 27 sites · 349 site-nights |
| Westwater Campground (Ranger Station) | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | 0% booked | 0% booked | Tonight | 11 sites · 724 site-nights |
| Windwhistle Group Site | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | — booked | 0% booked | 8 days ahead | 1 sites · 98 site-nights |
| Westwater Group Site (Ranger Station) | BLM / county | Recreation.gov | — booked | 0% booked | Tonight | 1 sites · 181 site-nights |
| Glamping Canyonlands | Glamping | Hipcamp | 100% no open unit | 68% no open unit | 119 days ahead | 9 sites · 1,638 site-nights |
| Glamping Canyonlands | Glamping | Hipcamp | 100% no open unit | 68% no open unit | 119 days ahead | 9 sites · 1,638 site-nights |
| High Sage Hogans | Glamping | Hipcamp | 100% no open unit | 54% no open unit | 49 days ahead | 4 sites · 368 site-nights |
| The Needles Outpost Campground | Glamping | Hipcamp | 61% no open unit | 45% no open unit | Tonight | 6 sites · 1,088 site-nights |
| Devils Garden Campground | NPS | Recreation.gov | — booked | 98% booked | 108 days ahead | 51 sites · 3,772 site-nights |
| Up The Creek Campground | Private other | Campspot | 100% no open unit | 100% no open unit | None in 182 days | 2 sites · 156 site-nights |
| Canyonlands Basecamp | Private other | Hipcamp | 100% no open unit | 93% no open unit | 169 days ahead | 10 sites · 1,820 site-nights |
| Where The Wild Things Camp | Private other | Hipcamp | 0% no open unit | 0% no open unit | Tonight | 2 sites · 363 site-nights |
| Desert Moon Campground and RV Park | Private other | Hipcamp | — no open unit | 0% no open unit | Tonight | 1 sites · 182 site-nights |
| Earls HideAway | Private other | Hipcamp | 0% no open unit | 0% no open unit | Tonight | 3 sites · 546 site-nights |
| Adventure Haven RV | Private RV | Hipcamp | 100% no open unit | 80% no open unit | 108 days ahead | 6 sites · 1,092 site-nights |
| South-40@LaSal Tent and RV Park | Private RV | Hipcamp | 95% no open unit | 76% no open unit | Tonight | 4 sites · 728 site-nights |
| Moab RV and Glamping Resort | Private RV | Hipcamp | 66% no open unit | 52% no open unit | Tonight | 38 sites · 6,916 site-nights |
| Moab RV and Glamping Resort | Private RV | Hipcamp | 66% no open unit | 52% no open unit | Tonight | 38 sites · 6,916 site-nights |
| Village Camp Moab | Private RV | Hipcamp | 23% no open unit | 40% no open unit | Tonight | 13 sites · 2,366 site-nights |
| Village Camp Moab | Private RV | Hipcamp | 23% no open unit | 40% no open unit | Tonight | 13 sites · 2,366 site-nights |
| Sun Outdoors Canyonlands Gateway | Private RV | Campspot | 37% no open unit | 33% no open unit | Tonight | 16 sites · 1,424 site-nights |
| HTR Moab | Private RV | Hipcamp | 31% no open unit | 29% no open unit | Tonight | 10 sites · 1,820 site-nights |
| HTR Moab | Private RV | Hipcamp | 31% no open unit | 29% no open unit | Tonight | 10 sites · 1,820 site-nights |
| Sun Outdoors Moab Downtown | Private RV | Campspot | 27% no open unit | 27% no open unit | Tonight | 11 sites · 979 site-nights |
| Sun Outdoors North Moab | Private RV | Campspot | 20% no open unit | 17% no open unit | Tonight | 13 sites · 1,157 site-nights |
| Sun Outdoors Arches Gateway | Private RV | Campspot | 19% no open unit | 10% no open unit | Tonight | 17 sites · 1,530 site-nights |
| Slackline Moab | Private RV | Hipcamp | — no open unit | 1% no open unit | Tonight | 1 sites · 182 site-nights |
| Red Desert RV Park | Private RV | Hipcamp | 4% no open unit | 1% no open unit | Tonight | 7 sites · 1,274 site-nights |
| Slackline Moab | Private RV | Hipcamp | — no open unit | 1% no open unit | Tonight | 1 sites · 182 site-nights |
| Wolf Springs Ranch Retreat | Private RV | Hipcamp | 0% no open unit | 0% no open unit | Tonight | 2 sites · 363 site-nights |
| Bedrock CO Glamping Tents & RV | Private RV | Hipcamp | 0% no open unit | 0% no open unit | Tonight | 19 sites · 3,458 site-nights |
| Dead Horse Point State Park - Moenkopi Yurts | State parks | ReserveAmerica | 44% booked | 18% booked | 2 days ahead | 5 sites · 600 site-nights |
| Dead Horse Point State Park | State parks | ReserveAmerica | 38% booked | 18% booked | 2 days ahead | 59 sites · 3,860 site-nights |
| Utahraptor State Park | State parks | ReserveAmerica | 7% booked | 2% booked | Tonight | 88 sites · 9,960 site-nights |
| Green River State Park | State parks | ReserveAmerica | 5% booked | 1% booked | 2 days ahead | 58 sites · 4,566 site-nights |
Strategy by arrival time
For the 20 reservable public and state-park campgrounds in the snapshot (Recreation.gov and ReserveAmerica): how many have any site open in each window, and the share of reservable site-nights still open.
| If you arrive… | Campgrounds with an open night | Reservable site-nights open | What the official rules mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arriving in 0–3 days | 11 of 17 | 69% (469 of 682) | Devils Garden can't be booked online within 4 days; Utah State Parks need 2 days' notice online (call the park for less). First-come sites are the main option — arrive early. |
| 4–7 days out | 15 of 17 | 88% (685 of 776) | BLM group sites close 8 days before arrival and Sand Flats group sites 7 days before; NPS and state-park sites remain bookable if open. |
| 8–30 days out | 19 of 19 | 87% (3,853 of 4,423) | Inside every public window (state parks open four months ahead; NPS and BLM six months). Open nights show as available in live results on each stay page. |
| 1–4 months out | 18 of 18 | 94% (15,976 of 17,020) | Inside every public window (state parks open four months ahead; NPS and BLM six months). Open nights show as available in live results on each stay page. |
| 4–6 months out | 15 of 17 | 26% (1,290 of 5,019) | Beyond Utah State Parks' four-month individual-site window; NPS and BLM group sites open up to six months ahead. |
Download the data
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Methodology & limitations
- Data: site-level, per-night availability from our provider availability service for each campground's booking platform, read November 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM MST. Horizon: the next 182 nights (November 13, 2026 – May 13, 2027).
- Recreation.gov and ReserveAmerica report reserved nights (R). For these, “booked” = R ÷ (open + R). Nights shown as not available for other reasons (past the online cutoff, outside the release window, closed), walk-up/first-come and not-yet-released nights are excluded.
- Campspot and Hipcamp report only open or not available, and don't say whether a night is booked or closed. For private stays the measure is “no open unit” = not available ÷ (open + not available), and Hipcamp reports per listing rather than per site. Don't compare it directly with public booked shares.
- Weekend = Friday and Saturday nights. Shares need at least 50 site-nights; smaller cells show “—”. “First open night” is the first night with at least one site open online; campgrounds with none in the horizon count as 182 days (shown as ≥).
- First-come, first-served campgrounds (Island in the Sky, Needles Loop A, BLM individual sites, Sand Flats individual sites, Devils Garden in winter) can't be booked, so they aren't in the availability data; their official rules are listed in the First-come tab.
- Coverage: 46 campgrounds. Left out: Moab KOA Holiday, Hunter Canyon Group Site, The Ledge Group Sites, Ken's Lake Group Sites, Warner Lake, Hittle Bottom Group Site, Dewey Bridge Group Sites, Hamburger Rock Campground, Canyonlands National Park Needles District Campground, Creek Pasture Campground, Buckeye Recreation Area, Aspen Leaf Cabin (Uncompahgre National Forest, Co), Superbowl Campground, Oak Cabin, Buckboard, Swasey's Beach Campground (no reservable nights in the horizon or no data).