Group campsites, listed by state
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Group campsites by state
This is a directory of group campsites you can reserve. Pick a state to see its listings. Every row gives four things: the site or campground name, the park it sits in, how many people it holds, and the booking site that takes the reservation.
What counts as a group campsite here
A listing is an overnight site set aside for one large party under one reservation. Some are whole campgrounds made only of group sites. Others are a loop or a few sites inside a campground that mostly holds ordinary sites.
Yosemite is an example of the second kind. Group sites there are inside four regular campgrounds: Wawona, Hodgdon Meadow, Bridalveil Creek and Tuolumne Meadows. Zion is another. Its group sites are the E loop of Watchman Campground and four sites in South Campground.
Left out of the directory:
- Group picnic areas, pavilions and shelters booked for day use.
- Permits for group hikes or backcountry travel.
- Campgrounds the catalog marks as closed for good.
What each listing shows
| Field | What it means |
|---|---|
| Name | The group site or campground as the booking site names it |
| Park | The park, forest or recreation area it belongs to |
| State | The state or province |
| Holds | The people limit, when our snapshot has one. The first snapshot has none, so read the limit on the official listing |
| Booked on | The official reservation site for that listing |
Capacity is the field to read most carefully. A group site has a largest party it will take, and many also have a smallest. A site for 15 to 30 people is not open to a party of 10. The capacity page shows how those limits are written and gives worked examples from two national parks.
The site type tells you what can be set up there. A group tent area and a group RV area are different products even in the same campground. The site types page explains each label.
Where the listings come from
Listings are taken from the OpenCampsite campground catalog, which is built from the booking systems' own inventory. The export date is printed with each state's list. The directory is a snapshot. It does not show live availability, prices or seasonal closures. For those, open the listing on its official booking site.
Federal group sites, including those in national parks and national forests, are reserved on Recreation.gov. State and provincial parks use their own reservation systems. The where to book page covers both.
When the dates you want are taken
Group sites are few, so popular weekends go early. If a site is full for your dates, OpenCampsite can watch the campground and send a text or email when a matching site opens. For Recreation.gov campgrounds you can enter your party size and ask for group sites only, and the alert then skips sites whose published limits do not fit your party. An alert tells you about an opening. It does not hold or book the site, so you still complete the reservation on the official site.
States
State pages are published once a state has enough listings to be worth a page of its own. States with only a handful of group sites in the catalog are not shown yet.
Search group campsites on OpenCampsite
Common questions
- Does this directory show which dates are open?
- No. It lists which group campsites exist, what they hold and where they are booked. Open dates are on the official booking site, and each listing links to an OpenCampsite page for that campground.
- Why does a listing say the capacity is not published?
- The booking system did not give a people limit for that site in the data we hold. Open the official listing and read the site details before you count on it.
- Are group picnic areas included?
- No. A group picnic area is booked for the day, not the night, so it is left out of an overnight directory.