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Campgrounds

Timed entry

Permits

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How it works: tick the box just below. After you sign in, tap Confirm my number and enter the 6-digit code we text you. Your second watch runs 30 days, then pauses unless you have a membership or trip pass.

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Colorado only. Federal campgrounds and permits on recreation.gov. Not yet: state parks or private campgrounds.

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Oct 8, 2026

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Live from the official feeds, all in one place, for Colorado’s most popular permitted spots.

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How it works

Set the watch once. We do the watching.

Set your watches, once

Pick your campgrounds, permits, and wilderness zones, and the dates you want to go! Two minutes, then you’re done.

We watch it all, around the clock

Every few minutes we check for cancellations, a little slower in the small hours — plus inclement weather, fire, smoke, and closures around RMNP trips. You never think about it again.

You get an email

When a campsite or permit opens, or your trip’s conditions change, you get a plain email with a direct link. Tap through and book it on recreation.gov.

What we watch

The three hardest kinds of Colorado reservation.

106Colorado spots watched around the clock on recreation.gov — 100 campgrounds, 3 timed-entry permits, and 3 wilderness zones.

See the live coverage map

Colorado only. Every place we watch is in Colorado and books on recreation.gov. Colorado State Parks, private campgrounds and other states aren’t covered yet.

Campgrounds

100 Colorado campgrounds, from Rocky Mountain National Park to the San Juans.

Moraine Park · Glacier Basin · Silver Bell

Timed-entry permits

3 reservation windows that gate the busiest places.

RMNP Bear Lake · Brainard Lake · Mount Blue Sky

Wilderness permits

3 backcountry zones, gone the day they release.

Conundrum Hot Springs · Four Pass Loop · Capitol Lake

Membership

Stop refreshing recreation.gov.
We’ll email or text you when a campsite or permit opens.

And if a trip falls through, give the reservation back — someone downstream is watching for it.

Free$0alwaysOne watch at a time. Email and trip-safety alerts.Start a free watch Monthly$6a monthBilled $18 every 3 months. Stops after a year.See the monthly plan Annual planEverything, every year$35a yearUnlimited watches on any dates, plus text alerts.See the annual plan

You book it yourself
Campsite Ranger emails you when something opens. You book it yourself on recreation.gov.
Year starts Jan 1
Buy now, watch now. Your membership year doesn’t start counting until January 1, 2027.
Or pay monthly
$6 a month, billed $18 every 3 months. Stops after a year. Cancel anytime online.

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Coming soon

Colorado State Parks are next.

We don’t watch state parks or private campgrounds yet. Cherry Creek, Chatfield, Golden Gate Canyon and the rest book through a separate system. Get on the list and you’ll be first in the day park-watching goes live.