Grand Teton National Park · Wyoming
Jenny Lake Campground — how to get a site when it's sold out
Overview Tucked away at the base of the Teton Mountain Range, Jenny Lake Campground is situated within walking distance of the eastern shore of Jenny Lake, with views of Teewinot Mountain, Mount St. John, and into Cascade Canyon. This tent-only campground has two loops with 51 individual campsites, three of which are ADA-compliant sites, and 10 hiker-bicycler sites.
Booking Jenny Lake Campground
Sites at Jenny Lake 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 | 61 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Tent only |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
The cancellation play at Jenny Lake 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 Jenny Lake 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
| Colter Bay Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 Jenny Lake Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.