USDA Forest Service · Wyoming

Shoshone National Forest campsites, sold out? Here's how spots come back.

📍 Wyoming 🏕️ 7 campgrounds

How booking at Shoshone National Forest works

Reservations for Shoshone National Forest are made through Recreation.gov. In peak season, the most popular campgrounds are typically claimed within minutes of each release — which is why the park reads as "sold out" for most of the year.

Sold out is not final, though. People book far ahead and plans change, so cancellations return to the official calendar throughout the season — with no announcement, at any hour. A cancelled site is bookable by whoever sees it first.

Booking facts

Managed byUSDA Forest Service
Book throughRecreation.gov
Campgrounds7
Official listingRecreation.gov

Campgrounds in Shoshone National Forest

Set a watch on the whole park, or go straight to the campground you want — each one has its own availability and cancellation pattern:

Wapiti Campground40 sites
Rex Hale29 sites
Threemile Campground21 sites
Big Game Campground14 sites
Clearwater Campground12 sites
Hunter Peak8 sites
Sunlight Rangers Cabin1 sites

How ItOpened watches Shoshone National Forest

We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar for Shoshone National Forest around the clock. The second a site that matches your dates and equipment opens up, you get a text with a direct link to that exact site. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell anything — monitoring is all we do, and it's what your fee pays for. Openings are first-come, so a text beats an email every time.

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Availability facts come from the official directory listing for Shoshone National Forest; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.