Prescott National Forest · Arizona
Overview Turney Gulch is a remote, scenic location for groups of up to 100 people to rest under the stars and towering pines of Prescott National Forest. Site accomodates 30 vehicles or less. The site lies near Horse Thief Lake and is seven miles southeast of the small town of Crown King, Arizona, a former ghost town.
Sites at Turney Gulch Group 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 |
| 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 Turney Gulch Group 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 |
| Groom Creek Schoolhouse | Cancellation alerts available |
| Horsethief Cabin | Cancellation alerts available |
| Playground Group | Cancellation alerts available |
| Sycamore Cabin | 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 Turney Gulch Group; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.