Mendocino Lake · California
Overview Kyen Campground and Oak Grove Day-Use Area are conveniently situated on Lake Mendocino, in California's Northern Coast Range where redwood forests meet wine country. The lake is formed by the Coyote Dam on the East Fork of the Russian River and offers a wide variety of recreational opportunities, including boating, swimming, picnicking, fishing, hiking, mountain biking, disc golf, and horseback riding. Recreation The 1,822-acre lake provides abundant boating, swimming and water skiing opportunities.
Sites at Kyen Campground And Oak Grove Day Use Area 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 | 102 |
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| Site types | Standard, RV, Group, Picnic area |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Ukiah, CA |
| 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 Kyen Campground And Oak Grove Day Use Area 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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Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Kyen Campground And Oak Grove Day Use Area; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.