Openings · last 7 days
73
Booking reality
Campsite Sniper detected 73 site openings here in the last 7 days
01 · Detected Opening History · the openings record · file CS-250901
When Bonita Canyon Campground reopens
Bonita Canyon Campground's openings record: every site-date Campsite Sniper detected turning available, logged and time-stamped. Refreshed hourly.
Openings · last 30 days
218
Openings · last 90 days
335
Weekday pattern
Detected openings by day of week · 90dNo strong weekday pattern is evident in the openings Campsite Sniper has detected: 335 openings spread across the week.
Hour-of-day pattern
First detected by hour · local time · last 90 daysThe largest concentrations of detected openings were first detected during the 08:00 and 12:00 local-time hours. Those hours contained 66 of 335 detected openings (19.7%). Hours show when Campsite Sniper first detected each opening, in Mountain Standard Time (Arizona), not when the change was made upstream.
Lead-time profile
Days before stay date · percentilesHalf of the openings Campsite Sniper detected appeared at least 10 days before the stay date; the middle 50% land 3–28 days out. Set an alert if you want Campsite Sniper to monitor future openings.
Highest-churn sites
Most openings · 90d| Site | Openings | Share of all openings |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | 30 | 9.0% |
| 13 | 25 | 7.5% |
| 26 | 22 | 6.6% |
| 04 | 20 | 6.0% |
| 20 | 19 | 5.7% |
Site 15 had the most detected openings in the last 90 days: 30. One free watch covers every site here.
02 · Availability Outlook · Nov 2, 2026 – May 3, 2027 · of 23 monitored sites
Of the 4,209 tracked site-nights (Nov 2, 2026 – May 3, 2027): 1,425 open for online reservation · 2,784 reserved.
Where the open windows are
66.1% of tracked site-nights are not currently open for online reservation. 1,425 of 4,209 remain open; here is where they are.
Load status
Nov 2, 2026 – May 3, 2027Not open online66.1%
Open site-nights1,425 / 4,209
Reserved (of online inventory)2,784 / 4,209
Weekday openings925
Weekend openings500
Of the open site-nights on mapped sites, 925 fall on weekdays and 500 on weekends (Fri–Sun).
Open dates by month
Nov 2026 – May 2027January holds the most room. 406 of 713 site-nights are still open there.
Holiday windows
Sites open per night · of 23 sites| Window | Night | Sites open | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving | THU Nov 26 | 0 | None open |
| FRI Nov 27 | 0 | None open | |
| SAT Nov 28 | 0 | None open | |
| Christmas | THU Dec 24 | 2 | Open |
| FRI Dec 25 | 3 | Open | |
| New Year | THU Dec 31 | 0 | None open |
| FRI Jan 1 | 0 | None open | |
| Memorial Day | FRI May 28 | 0 | None open |
| SAT May 29 | 0 | None open | |
| SUN May 30 | 0 | None open | |
| MON May 31 | 0 | None open |
Thanksgiving: no online availability on any tracked night. Christmas: no site is currently available for the complete two-night stay. individual Thursday and Friday nights remain open. New Year: no online availability on any tracked night. Memorial Day: no online availability on any tracked night.
Best-availability sites
Most open site-nights · tracked window| Site | Open site-nights |
|---|---|
| 26 | 121 |
| 05 | 105 |
| 02 | 101 |
| 08 | 101 |
| 25 | 93 |
The 5 sites with the most open site-nights in the current snapshot. Pair a bookable date with a free alert to cover everything else.
Next windows
As of Nov 2, 2026 snapshotNext open dateWed · Nov 4
Next open weekendFri · Dec 4
The next bookable night is Nov 4; the first open weekend starts Dec 4. Campsite Sniper can watch later dates for you.
Stays and site detail
1,425 open site-nights across 23 sites at Bonita Canyon Campground, from the same hourly snapshot as everything above.
Multi-night stays. 221 2-night, 159 3-night, 57 7-night openings where a single site is free for every night, per Campsite Sniper's current snapshot — soonest Nov 10 at site 26.
RV length. Longest recorded site here is 29 ft. 9 sites take 25 ft.
All 23 sites with current availability
| Site | Max RV | Hookups | Open site-nights | Longest run | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 29 ft | None | 121 | 25 nights | Nov 4, Nov 10, Nov 11, Nov 12, Nov 15, Nov 16, Nov 17, Nov 18, Nov 19, Nov 29, Nov 30, Dec 1 +109 more |
| 05 | 18 ft | None | 105 | 43 nights | Nov 29, Nov 30, Dec 1, Dec 2, Dec 3, Dec 6, Dec 7, Dec 8, Dec 9, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 15 +93 more |
| 02 | 16 ft | None | 101 | 23 nights | Nov 30, Dec 3, Dec 6, Dec 7, Dec 8, Dec 9, Dec 10, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 17, Dec 19, Dec 20 +89 more |
| 08 | 22 ft | None | 101 | 27 nights | Nov 10, Nov 11, Dec 3, Dec 8, Dec 11, Dec 12, Dec 23, Dec 30, Jan 3, 2027, Jan 4, 2027, Jan 5, 2027, Jan 6, 2027 +89 more |
| 25 | 20 ft | None | 93 | 22 nights | Nov 29, Dec 4, Dec 7, Dec 8, Dec 9, Dec 10, Dec 17, Dec 18, Dec 19, Dec 20, Dec 21, Dec 22 +81 more |
| 10 | 21 ft | None | 92 | 20 nights | Dec 1, Dec 2, Dec 3, Dec 8, Dec 9, Dec 10, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 17, Dec 22, Dec 27 +80 more |
| 21 | 18 ft | None | 86 | 21 nights | Dec 2, Dec 7, Dec 8, Dec 9, Dec 10, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 17, Dec 18, Dec 19, Dec 20 +74 more |
| 07 | 17 ft | None | 83 | 24 nights | Dec 3, Dec 6, Dec 7, Dec 8, Dec 9, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 17, Dec 18, Dec 19 +71 more |
| 03 | 22 ft | None | 71 | 13 nights | Dec 6, Dec 12, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 17, Dec 18, Jan 2, 2027, Jan 3, 2027, Jan 4, 2027, Jan 5, 2027, Jan 6, 2027, Jan 7, 2027 +59 more |
| 01 | 22 ft | None | 66 | 14 nights | Dec 3, Dec 6, Dec 7, Dec 8, Dec 9, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 17, Dec 22, Jan 4, 2027 +54 more |
| 22 | 18 ft | None | 64 | 15 nights | Dec 6, Dec 7, Dec 8, Dec 9, Dec 10, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 17, Jan 15, 2027, Jan 18, 2027, Jan 19, 2027 +52 more |
| 09 | 22 ft | None | 63 | 16 nights | Dec 12, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 17, Dec 18, Dec 21, Dec 25, Jan 3, 2027, Jan 4, 2027, Jan 5, 2027 +51 more |
| 24 | 26 ft | None | 52 | 10 nights | Nov 30, Dec 4, Dec 7, Dec 8, Dec 9, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 22, Jan 4, 2027, Jan 5, 2027 +40 more |
| 15 | 16 ft | None | 51 | 11 nights | Nov 15, Dec 1, Dec 6, Dec 7, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 17, Dec 23, Dec 27, Jan 2, 2027 +39 more |
| 23 | 24 ft | None | 51 | 12 nights | Dec 3, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 17, Jan 8, 2027, Jan 9, 2027, Jan 10, 2027, Jan 11, 2027, Jan 12, 2027, Jan 13, 2027 +39 more |
| 04 | 22 ft | None | 49 | 10 nights | Dec 6, Dec 10, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 19, Jan 3, 2027, Jan 5, 2027, Jan 6, 2027, Jan 7, 2027, Jan 8, 2027, Jan 9, 2027, Jan 10, 2027 +37 more |
| 12 | 25 ft | None | 47 | 5 nights | Nov 30, Dec 6, Dec 9, Dec 10, Dec 13, Dec 16, Dec 17, Dec 18, Jan 2, 2027, Jan 4, 2027, Jan 5, 2027, Jan 6, 2027 +35 more |
| 14 | 29 ft | None | 39 | 6 nights | Dec 3, Dec 6, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 17, Dec 19, Dec 20, Dec 25, Dec 29, Jan 8, 2027 +27 more |
| 13 | 29 ft | None | 33 | 11 nights | Dec 8, Dec 9, Dec 10, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 17, Dec 19, Jan 4, 2027, Jan 5, 2027, Jan 6, 2027 +21 more |
| 20 | 29 ft | None | 17 | 4 nights | Dec 16, Dec 17, Dec 18, Dec 19, Dec 28, Jan 5, 2027, Jan 6, 2027, Jan 8, 2027, Jan 11, 2027, Jan 15, 2027, Jan 16, 2027, Jan 20, 2027 +5 more |
| 11 | 29 ft | None | 14 | 3 nights | Dec 10, Dec 12, Dec 13, Dec 14, Jan 5, 2027, Jan 19, 2027, Jan 25, 2027, Feb 6, 2027, Feb 14, 2027, Feb 21, 2027, Apr 18, 2027, Apr 28, 2027 +2 more |
| 18 | 29 ft | None | 14 | 5 nights | Dec 1, Dec 10, Dec 13, Dec 14, Dec 15, Dec 16, Dec 17, Jan 5, 2027, Jan 23, 2027, Jan 24, 2027, Feb 1, 2027, Feb 10, 2027 +2 more |
| 06 | 29 ft | None | 12 | 2 nights | Dec 6, Jan 15, 2027, Jan 20, 2027, Jan 22, 2027, Jan 27, 2027, Feb 1, 2027, Feb 10, 2027, Feb 16, 2027, Feb 17, 2027, Feb 22, 2027, Apr 6, 2027, May 3, 2027 |
About Bonita Canyon Campground
Overview
Bonita Canyon Campground is located in Chiricahua National Park, Willcox, AZ. Visitors love the historic, treed campsites, hiking the "Wonderland of Rocks" and bird watching opportunities.
NOTE: While some vehicles up to 29 feet may fit in the campground, the scenic drive is restricted to 24 feet. Scenic drive may be hazardous to tall or wide vehicles .
See campground details.
Outside the park, Coronado National Forest provides additional camping and recreation opportunities.
Facilities
IMPORTANT: Maximum vehicle length is 29 ft (9 m) per piece including racks. Any trailer or vehicle over 29 feet OR with an overhang of more than 9 feet may "bottom out" on the road crossing the creek into the campground. Check the driveway length and notes to determine if a site is large enough for your tow vehicle and trailer. Be prepared to remove bike racks and hitches. Only a few sites will accommodate Trailers or RVs. Sites may be difficult to back into and may not be level.
No Hook Ups. (No electric, sewer, or dump station). Full-service campgrounds are available in Willcox or Sunizona, AZ.
An individual campsite will accommodate a maximum of 8 people, 2 vehicles, and 2 tents. A trailer counts as a vehicle.
No parking outside of reserved campsites. Vehicles unable to fit inside the campsite must park outside the park.
View the driveway length, notes, and allowable equipment to confirm whether the campsite is level and long enough for both your trailer and vehicle before booking.
Reservations not claimed within 24 hours of check‑in (by noon the following day) will be cancelled .
Site #8 is special needs accessible . Electric use is permitted for medical equipment only.
No Showers. The restroom has flush toilets and sinks.
Drinking water faucets are located throughout the campground. Hose connections/tank filling prohibited.
All sites have a picnic table, raised grill, food storage box, and tent pad. No ground fires and no wood collection.
Hanging of hammocks or any items from trees or other vegetation is prohibited.
Quiet hours are from 8:00 pm to 8:00 am. Generators allowed: 8-10 am & 4-6 pm.
No horse camping or horse trailers in the park. Please check Coronado National Forest for options.
Natural Features
Set in a pine and oak forest, Bonita Canyon Campground provides an atmosphere of relaxation. Most campsites have shade. The Bonita Creek is dry most of the year but may run during summer monsoon or winter snows.
Nearby Attractions
Visit the Chiricahua National Park website to learn about the Visitor Center Museum & Store, scenic drive, hiking and more.
Nearby federal lands include: Fort Bowie National Historic Site , Coronado National Memorial , the Coronado National Forest (including Portal/Cave Creek ).
Explore Cochise County provides information on nearby communities and activities.
23 monitored sitesRVs up to 29 ftNo hookups23 shadedPets OKFire pitsMax party 24
Getting there
Chiricahua National Park is 45 minutes south of Willcox, AZ. Visit our website for additional directions. Remember to get gas, supplies, and vehicle charging in town!
13252 E Bonita Canyon Rd, Willcox, AZ 85643520-824-3560
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FAQ
How do I get a reservation at Bonita Canyon Campground?
Reservations for Bonita Canyon Campground are made through Recreation.gov. 1,425 of 4,209 tracked site-nights are currently open (33.9%). Campsite Sniper has also detected 335 site openings here in the last 90 days, so further dates may appear. Pick a site on the map to see its calendar, or set a free Campsite Sniper alert. You complete the reservation yourself on Recreation.gov.
Does Campsite Sniper book this campground for me?
No. Campsite Sniper sends alerts and direct Recreation.gov links. It never books, pays for, holds, hoards, or resells reservations.
How current is this availability data?
Campsite Sniper re-checks public Recreation.gov availability for this facility every hour and republishes whenever anything changes. This facility's data last changed at Nov 2, 2026 18:20 UTC; an older timestamp means nothing has changed since that time, not that checking stopped. Always confirm final availability on Recreation.gov when you book.
How often do new openings appear at Bonita Canyon Campground?
Campsite Sniper detected 73 site-date openings at Bonita Canyon Campground in the last 7 days, 218 over 30 days and 335 over the last 90.
Can I get a multi-night stay at Bonita Canyon Campground?
159 three-night openings are showing, counting only runs where the SAME site is free for all three nights. The soonest starts Nov 10 at site 26. Confirm and book on Recreation.gov.
Which sites at Bonita Canyon Campground fit a 35-foot RV?
No RV-analyzable site here has a recorded maximum of 35 ft or more; the longest recorded is 29 ft.
Which month has the most availability at Bonita Canyon Campground?
January 2027, with 406 open site-nights in the current snapshot of 713.
How far ahead of a stay do openings appear at Bonita Canyon Campground?
Half of the openings Campsite Sniper detected appeared at least 10 days before the stay date; the middle 50% landed 3-28 days out. Campsite Sniper can monitor future changes for dates you select.
When is the next open date at Bonita Canyon Campground?
As of the Nov 2, 2026 snapshot: the next open date is Wed, Nov 4 and the next open weekend starts Fri, Dec 4. Detected openings can add earlier dates at any time; a free Campsite Sniper alert catches those the moment they appear.
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