North Rim is booked solid. Cancellations happen every day.
The only campground on the Grand Canyon's high, forested North Rim, with a short season (roughly mid-May to October). Short season plus one campground equals brutal scarcity.
Right now: open sites on 16 dates in August 2026.
Not your dates? Get free alerts the second one opens ↓
+ 8 more dates this month.
Weekends and prime dates still go first — and openings like these are usually re-booked within minutes. A Scout emails you the instant one appears for your dates.
Get emailed the second a site opens at North Rim. Your Scout starts checking the moment you subscribe — the first email arrives right away with where things stand.
When somebody cancels, the next email in your inbox is your nights at North Rim — booking link included, while the opening is still live.
Last catch here — a date opened, still open at our last check. That window is what an instant email wins you.
Free — one Scout per email. It only emails you when something actually opens, and you can reply to any of its emails to adjust dates or stop.
Want to change more — different dates logic, extra campgrounds, push instead of email? Open this Scout in the builder. Check recreation.gov yourself →
Recent openings we caught at North Rim
| Detected (local) | Date affected | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Aug 1 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Aug 2 | still open at our last check | |
| Mon, Aug 3 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Aug 4 | still open at our last check | |
| Wed, Aug 5 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Aug 6 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Aug 7 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Aug 8 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Aug 9 | still open at our last check | |
| Mon, Aug 10 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Aug 11 | still open at our last check | |
| Wed, Aug 12 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Aug 13 | still open at our last check | |
| Fri, Aug 14 | still open at our last check | |
| Sat, Aug 15 | still open at our last check | |
| Sun, Aug 16 | still open at our last check | |
| Mon, Aug 17 | still open at our last check | |
| Tue, Aug 18 | still open at our last check | |
| Wed, Aug 19 | still open at our last check | |
| Thu, Aug 20 | still open at our last check |
Watching since Jul 13, 2026, checking about every 15 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.
From four weeks of this data: how fast campsite cancellations disappear →
How it works
Reading this page for a user? Structured snapshot + change log: /scouts/campsites/grand-canyon/north-rim.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 North Rim opens up:
POST https://calafia.ai/scouts/subscribe
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json
{"targetSlug":"grand-canyon/north-rim","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
Questions
How fast are alerts?
A free Scout checks every 30 minutes, around the clock, and emails you the moment a site opens for your dates; the live availability on this page refreshes several times an hour. Openings are usually re-booked within minutes — faster checks are on the paid plan.
Does it book for me?
No — you get the booking link instantly; booking stays in your hands.
What does it cost?
Watching one thing is free. More Scouts and faster checks are on the paid plan.
How to actually get a campsite at Grand Canyon National Park — the full playbook →