Coronado National Forest · Arizona

Stockton Pass — how to get a site when it's sold out

Overview Named after "Old Man Stockton," a rancher who settled in this area in the 1870s, Stockton Campground lies off the beaten path in the high desert of the Pinaleño Mountains in southeastern Arizona. Groups of up to 30 people can come here to camp and enjoy hiking, picnicking and wildlife viewing. The facility is located on a beautiful scenic drive with panoramic views of the mountains.

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Booking Stockton Pass

Sites at Stockton Pass 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.

Site facts

Total sites1
Site typesGroup
LocationSafford, AZ
Book throughRecreation.gov
Official listingRecreation.gov

The cancellation play at Stockton Pass

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 Stockton Pass 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.

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MolinoCancellation alerts available
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PeppersauceCancellation alerts available
Portal BunkhouseCancellation alerts available
Portal Ccc HouseCancellation alerts available
Reef Townsite Group AreaCancellation alerts available
Riggs LakeCancellation alerts available
Rock Bluff Group SiteCancellation alerts available
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area Cactus Ramada 1Cancellation alerts available
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area Cactus Ramada 2Cancellation alerts available
Shaw HouseCancellation alerts available
Sollers Cabin (AZ)Cancellation alerts available
Treasure Park - EastCancellation alerts available
Treasure Park - NorthCancellation alerts available
Upper Hospital Flat Group SiteCancellation alerts available
Upper Twilight Group SiteCancellation alerts available

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Stockton Pass; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.