Haleakalā National Park (Wilderness Tent Permit) — how to get a site when it's sold out

Booking Haleakalā National Park (Wilderness Tent Permit)

Sites at Haleakalā National Park (Wilderness Tent Permit) are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.

Site facts

Total sites	10
Site types	Group, Walk-to / hike-to
Location	Makawao, HI
Book through	Recreation.gov
Official listing	Recreation.gov

The cancellation play at Haleakalā National Park (Wilderness Tent Permit)

Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.

ItOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Haleakalā National Park (Wilderness Tent Permit) around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.

Other campgrounds in Haleakalā National Park

Kipahulu Campground	Cancellation alerts available
Hosmer Grove Campground	Cancellation alerts available
Haleakalā National Park (Cabin Permits)	Cancellation alerts available

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Haleakalā National Park (Wilderness Tent Permit); cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.