Abstract: A truck bed monitoring system comprising a monitor mounted within view of a user inside a cabin of a truck, and a camera built within a cargo light housing. The monitor includes a base to secure the monitor in place and a screen to observe an image. The camera includes a lens to view a truck bed wherein the camera sends the image recorded from the lens to the monitor to display the image on the screen; and wherein the camera enables the user to monitor how a hitch attached to the truck bed aligns with a trailer to ensure that the trailer and the hitch connect.