Sun & shade intel for every campsite
Will your campsite have shade at 3 PM?
Pick your exact site — hour-by-hour sun, terrain and tree shadows, for 33 campgrounds in the US national parks and Canadian Rockies.
33 campgrounds · every single site mapped
See the live demo ↓Site F16 at Watchman gets 11.0 h of July sun. Site D18, a short walk away, gets 3.0 h less.
Try it on the live dial ↓The Sun Dial · live
Live demo · Watchman Campground, Zion
bird's-eye view · N up · projected shadow — ≈1.4 m toward NE · faint = ±2 h · yellow = awning · drag the RV to reposition · drag the sun to change time · drag the knob to rotate
Drag the sun, spin the rig, watch the shadows move — mid-July, 15:00
Every Site. Every Shadow. Every Trip.
Know exactly where the awning shade will land before you commit a reservation.
Shadiest sites · Watchman Campground · mid-July
- 1Site D18Loop D8.0 h sun
- 2Site D13Loop D8.2 h sun
- 3Site D17Loop D8.2 h sun
- 4Site D19Loop D8.2 h sun
- 5Site D16HCLoop D8.5 h sun
Precomputed sun hours
Every Site, Ranked by Shade.
We compute a 180-direction horizon profile for every single site — mountains, canyon walls, and 10-meter tree canopy included — then rank the whole campground by hours of direct sun for your month. Search it, filter it by rig length or hookups, book the winner.
Coverage
Pick Your Campground.
Date sets the sun view — availability is confirmed on the official booking site.
Covering 33 campgrounds across the US national parks and the Canadian Rockies. New parks are added as site-level data is verified. Request a campground →
Upper Pines Campground
Yosemite National Park · California
Watchman Campground
Zion National Park · Utah
Mather Campground
Grand Canyon National Park (South Rim) · Arizona
Madison Campground
Yellowstone National Park · Wyoming
Colter Bay Campground
Grand Teton National Park · Wyoming
Moraine Park Campground
Rocky Mountain National Park · Colorado
Devils Garden Campground
Arches National Park · Utah
Furnace Creek Campground
Death Valley National Park · California
Kalaloch Campground
Olympic National Park · Washington
Big Meadows Campground
Shenandoah National Park · Virginia
Jumbo Rocks Campground
Joshua Tree National Park · California
Fruita Campground
Capitol Reef National Park · Utah
North Rim Campground
Grand Canyon National Park (North Rim) · Arizona
Apgar Campground
Glacier National Park · Montana
St. Mary Campground
Glacier National Park · Montana
Cades Cove Campground
Great Smoky Mountains National Park · Tennessee
Blackwoods Campground
Acadia National Park · Maine
Jenny Lake Campground
Grand Teton National Park · Wyoming
Tunnel Mountain Village I
Banff National Park · Alberta
Two Jack Lakeside Campground
Banff National Park · Alberta
Two Jack Main Campground
Banff National Park · Alberta
Johnston Canyon Campground
Banff National Park · Alberta
Lake Louise Campground
Banff National Park · Alberta
Tunnel Mountain Village II
Banff National Park · Alberta
Tunnel Mountain Trailer Court
Banff National Park · Alberta
Kicking Horse Campground
Yoho National Park · British Columbia
Redstreak Campground
Kootenay National Park · British Columbia
Townsite Campground
Waterton Lakes National Park · Alberta
Whistlers Campground
Jasper National Park · Alberta
Wapiti Campground
Jasper National Park · Alberta
Wabasso Campground
Jasper National Park · Alberta
Miette Campground (formerly Pocahontas)
Jasper National Park · Alberta
Snaring Campground
Jasper National Park · Alberta
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- sites you can look up by number
- 33
- campgrounds
- 10 m
- tree shadows from canopy data
- Jun–Sep
- hour-by-hour, site-by-site
Built on public land data, honestly.
Site records from Recreation.gov and Parks Canada / OpenStreetMap. Terrain from Mapzen open elevation. Tree heights from the ETH Zurich Global Canopy Height model (10 m, 2020). Imagery © Esri. Every sun figure is an estimate for planning — wildfires and tree work change reality, so verify with the park. About the data →
Photos: “A tent and RV in a campsite” by the USDA Forest Service, Northern Region; “Tents set up on tent pads at Mowich Lake Campground” by the National Park Service (Mount Rainier National Park); and “Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground” by Andrew Cattoir, National Park Service (Lake Mead National Recreation Area) — all public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.