Grand Teton National Park · Wyoming
Colter Bay Campground — how to get a site when it's sold out
Overview The vast Colter Bay Campground at Colter Bay Village is set amidst towering lodgepole pines just a short, picturesque stroll away from Jackson Lake. The campground offers camping for tents and dry camping for RVs. (For full hookup RV sites, check out the Colter Bay RV Park.
Booking Colter Bay Campground
Sites at Colter Bay Campground 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 | 360 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Tent only, RV, Group |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
The cancellation play at Colter Bay Campground
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 Colter Bay Campground 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 Grand Teton National Park
| Gros Ventre Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Headwaters Campground at Flagg Ranch | Cancellation alerts available |
| Colter Bay RV Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Signal Mountain Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Colter Bay Tent Village | Cancellation alerts available |
| Jenny Lake Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lizard Creek Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Colter Bay Marina End Ties | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Colter Bay Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.