Prescott National Forest · Arizona
Overview Built in 1902, this historic schoolhouse and adjacent picnic area in Arizona's Prescott National Forest may be reserved for day use for groups of up to 60 people. The facility offers a picturesque, quiet setting with indoor and outdoor areas for weddings, reunions, luncheons and group meetings. The schoolhouse served about 10 to 15 children in the early 1900s.
Sites at Groom Creek Schoolhouse 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 | 1 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Group, Picnic area |
| Location | Prescott, AZ |
| 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 Groom Creek Schoolhouse 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.
| White Spar Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Potato Patch Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Groom Creek Horse Camp | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hilltop Campground (AZ) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lynx Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Mingus Mountain Campground and Group Site | Cancellation alerts available |
| Yavapai Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Alto Pit Ohv Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Eagle Ridge Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Thumb Butte | Cancellation alerts available |
| Horsethief Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Playground Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sycamore Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Turney Gulch Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Upper Wolf Creek Group | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Groom Creek Schoolhouse; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.