Moab Field Office (BLM) · Utah
Overview The two sites at Goose Island are ideal for groups wishing to be close to the town of Moab and Arches National Park. The area offers outdoor enthusiasts many options for hiking, mountain biking, whitewater rafting, and four-wheel drive tours. The town of Moab is 10 minutes away and has dining, shopping, sports rentals, tour companies and museums.
Sites at Goose Island Group 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.
| Total sites | 2 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Group, Shelter |
| Location | Moab, UT |
| 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 Goose Island Group 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.
| North Klondike Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Courthouse Rock Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Gold Bar Group Sites | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lower Onion Creek Group Sites | Cancellation alerts available |
| Big Bend Group Sites | Cancellation alerts available |
| Dewey Bridge Group Sites | Cancellation alerts available |
| Upper Onion Creek Group Site | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hittle Bottom Group Site | Cancellation alerts available |
| Kings Bottom Group Site | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Goose Island Group Sites; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.