Cibola National Forest and Grasslands · New Mexico

Oak Yucca and Locust Group Picnic Sites — how to get a site when it's sold out

Overview The Oak Flat Group picnic site includes a combination of three different picnic sites and a trailhead, that border four communal playing fields suitable for all sorts of outdoor games. The site is paved and accessible. It is a great place for play, rest and recreation.

🏕️ 3 sites 🚐 Group, Picnic area

Booking Oak Yucca and Locust Group Picnic Sites

Sites at Oak Yucca and Locust Group Picnic Sites 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 sites3
Site typesGroup, Picnic area
Book throughRecreation.gov
Official listingRecreation.gov

The cancellation play at Oak Yucca and Locust Group Picnic Sites

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 Oak Yucca and Locust Group Picnic Sites 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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Mills Rim CampgroundCancellation alerts available
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Capulin Spring Picnic SiteCancellation alerts available
Cienega Picnic SiteCancellation alerts available
Las Huertas Picnic SiteCancellation alerts available
Nine Mile Picnic SiteCancellation alerts available
Water Canyon Picnic AreaCancellation alerts available

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Oak Yucca and Locust Group Picnic Sites; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.