Gila National Forest · New Mexico
Overview The Gomez Peak Large Group Area, just south of the main grounds, will accommodate up to 200 people, with parking for up to 50 vehicles. Facilities include large covered pavilion, 12 tables (seating for up to 96 people), pedestal BBQ grills, vault toilets, trash cans, volleyball and horseshoe pits. As with all Little Walnut day use areas, no firewood is available.
Sites at Gomez Peak (Group Picnic Site) 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, Shelter |
| 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 Gomez Peak (Group Picnic Site) 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.
| Juniper Campground (Quemado Lake) | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Pinon Campground (Quemado Lake) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Little Walnut (Group Picnic Sites) | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Gomez Peak (Group Picnic Site); cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.