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Colorado campgrounds: how hard are they to book?

We track 68 reservable Colorado campgrounds on Recreation.gov. Across the 3 measured so far, an average of 69% of weekend (Friday and Saturday night) site-nights in the next 90 days are already reserved, and 2 rate Hard or Very hard. The toughest right now is Rocky Mountain National Park Moraine Park Campground.

Campground	Difficulty	Weekends booked	Open dates (30d)
Rocky Mountain National Park Moraine Park Campground Rocky Mountain National Park	Very hard	93%	8
Pinon Flats Campground Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve	Hard	82%	19
Saddlehorn Campground Colorado National Monument	Easy	34%	29
Rocky Mountain National Park Glacier Basin Campground Rocky Mountain National Park	Not measured yet	n/a	0
Black Canyon of the Gunnison South Rim Campground Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Heaton Bay White River National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Rocky Mountain National Park Timber Creek Campground Rocky Mountain National Park	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Stillwater (Colorado) Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Elk Creek Campground Curecanti National Recreation Area	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Difficult Campground White River National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Prospector White River National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Rocky Mountain National Park Aspenglen Campground Rocky Mountain National Park	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Dowdy Lake Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Peak One White River National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Zapata Falls Campground Zapata Falls Srma	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Arapaho Bay Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Redstone White River National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
White Star Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Junction Creek Campground San Juan National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Bogan Flats Campground and Group White River National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Chapman Campground and Group White River National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
North Fruita Desert Campground 18 Road - North Fruita Desert	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Green Ridge Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Collegiate Peaks Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Haviland Lake Campground San Juan National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Baby Doe Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Pawnee Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Gore Creek Campground White River National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Lakeview Campground Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Mountain Park Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Hovenweep Campground Hovenweep National Monument	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Molly Brown Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Chambers Lake Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Vallecito Campground San Juan National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Lottis Creek Campground Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Olive Ridge Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Amphitheater (Co) Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
West Lake Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Rabbit Valley Mcinnis Canyons National Conservation Area	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Lowry Campground White River National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Thirty Mile Rio Grande National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Spillway Campground Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Alvarado Campground Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Ansel Watrous Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Ohaver Lake Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Camp Dick Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Colorado Campground Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Oh Be Joyful Campground Gunnison	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Big Meadows Reservoir Campground (South Central Co) Rio Grande National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Silver Dollar Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Bellaire Lake Campground Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Spruce Grove Campground Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Cayton Campground San Juan National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Lodgepole (Jefferson Lake, Fairplay Colorado) Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Lakeview Gunnison Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Williams Creek Campground San Juan National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
South Meadows - Pike San Isabel NF (Co) Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Camp Hale Memorial White River National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Jumbo Campground Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Matterhorn Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Thunder Ridge Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Cold Springs - Arapaho Roosevelt NF (Co) Arapaho & Roosevelt National Forests Pawnee Ng	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
West Fork Campground San Juan National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Shepherds Rim Campground White River National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Aspen Glade (Rio Grande National Forest, Co) Rio Grande National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Mcphee Recreation Complex San Juan National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
La Vista Campground - Lake Isabel Pike and San Isabel National Forests & Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Pine Point (Vallecito Reservoir, Co) San Juan National Forest	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a

Sorted by difficulty score. Snapshot data; history accumulates daily. Methodology.