Coconino National Forest Recreation · Arizona
Recreation In addition to fishing and board sailing, the lake offers excellent opportunities for birdwatching during the spring waterfowl migration. For a special treat look for white-faced ibises grazing in the shallows along with the cinnamon teal, pintails and other ducks. Bald eagles and osprey can also be seen in the area, along with a number of species of hawks and songbirds.
Sites at Ashurst Lake are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 25 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
ItOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Ashurst Lake around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Cave Spring | Cancellation alerts available |
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| Pinegrove | Cancellation alerts available |
| Pine Flat Campground West | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bonito Campground (AZ) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Rock Crossing Campground (AZ) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Dairy Springs | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lakeview Campground (AZ) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Forked Pine Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Clear Creek Campground (AZ) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Manzanita. | Cancellation alerts available |
| Double Springs | Cancellation alerts available |
| Little Elden Springs Horsecamp | Cancellation alerts available |
| Canyon Vista | Cancellation alerts available |
| Chavez Crossing | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lower Lake Mary Ramadas | Cancellation alerts available |
| Moqui Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Oleary Group Site | Cancellation alerts available |
| Apache Maid Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Crescent Moon Ramada | Cancellation alerts available |
| Crescent Moon Ranch Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Elks Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Fernow Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Kendrick Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Long Valley Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Ashurst Lake; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.