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When campgrounds open for booking.

Most of recreation.gov runs on one rule, and the campgrounds that don’t are the ones that cost people trips. Below: the dated releases coming up, then every facility on recreation.gov whose booking window isn’t the standard six months, read from the agency’s own facility records.

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The rule for almost everything

Most recreation.gov campsites open six months before your arrival date, with morning release times that vary by facility. Everything below is an exception worth planning around.

Source: Recreation.gov help center · Aug 24, 2026
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Duck Harbor Campground · ME · 10:00 ET
Duck Harbor (Isle au Haut): entire season released at once on April 1 at 10:00 am ET (2026 season: first night Jun 19, last night Oct 5). Next release Apr 1 2027 assumed from the annual pattern stated on the NPS Acadia camping page.
Source: verified rule
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Everywhere the six-month rule doesn’t apply.

209 of 5,794 recreation.gov facilities
A year ahead42 campgrounds
11 months ahead11 campgrounds
10 months ahead3 campgrounds
9 months ahead1 campground
8 months ahead2 campgrounds
7 months ahead1 campground
6 months ahead3 campgrounds
5 months ahead6 campgrounds
4 months ahead85 campgrounds

and 25 more

3 months ahead7 campgrounds
2 months ahead6 campgrounds
45 days ahead2 campgrounds
30 days ahead19 campgrounds
14 days ahead11 campgrounds
7 days ahead2 campgrounds
4 days ahead2 campgrounds
2 days ahead1 campground
1 day ahead2 campgrounds
No advance booking3 campgrounds
Source: booking rules published on each recreation.gov facility record, read October 13, 2026. A facility that publishes no window of its own follows the six-month default and isn’t listed.