Tonto National Forest · Arizona
Overview Timber Camp Recreation Area has one of the most popular family and group campgrounds in the Tonto National Forest offering both day-use sites and over-night areas. Recreation Abundant recreation opportunities such as cross-country horseback riding, hiking, in-season hunting, exploring, off-highway vehicle use and wildlife viewing are in close proximity. In the spring, whitewater rafting trips on the Upper Salt River launch a mere 20-minute drive from the site.
Sites at TIMBER CAMP RECREATION AREA and GROUP CAMPGROUNDS 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 | 15 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Group, Equestrian |
| Location | Globe, 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 TIMBER CAMP RECREATION AREA and GROUP CAMPGROUNDS 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.
| Cholla Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Windy Hill Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Houston Mesa | Cancellation alerts available |
| Burnt Corral Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tortilla Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ponderosa (Az) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Christopher Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Schoolhouse Campground (AZ) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sharp Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lower Tonto Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Upper Tonto Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Grapevine Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Frazier Horse Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| C C C (AZ) Tonto NF | Cancellation alerts available |
| Horseshoe (AZ) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Mesquite (AZ) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Riverside Campground (AZ) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Larry Forbis Overnight Group Site | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cave Creek Group Site | Cancellation alerts available |
| Frazier Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Kellner Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Reynolds Creek Group Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for TIMBER CAMP RECREATION AREA and GROUP CAMPGROUNDS; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.