National park campgrounds

National Park campgrounds are the hardest reservations in American camping. Sites inside marquee parks are released on a rolling window and are gone in seconds, which means cancellations are usually the only realistic way in. Every NPS campground in this catalog is reservable, so every one of them can be watched.

356
Campgrounds
37
States
356
Reservable online
98
With electric hookups

What National Park Service camping is like

  • The most competitive bookings on federal land — cancellations are the way in
  • Every campground here is reservable online, none are first-come only
  • Hookups are rare; most sites are tent-and-RV pads without utilities
  • Entrance fees to the park are charged separately from the campsite

Listings come from Recreation.gov's official catalog. We watch the reservable ones around the clock and alert you the moment a sold-out site frees up — see pricing.

Largest National Park Service campgrounds

The biggest, best-documented sites in the catalog.

National park campgrounds by state

Ordered by how many campgrounds each state has.

Other federal land

National forest camping, Army Corps campgrounds, BLM camping. Or browse camping by state and RV campgrounds with hookups.