Public land261 million acres you are
261 million acres you are
allowed to sleep on
189 national forests, grasslands and BLM conservation units across 46 states. Official boundaries, every campground we can source, the rig lengths they actually take, and what the managing agency says about camping outside them.
189
Units
261M
Acres of public land
5,379
Campgrounds
46
States
The map
Every boundary, on one country
All 189 units drawn from the agencies’ own boundary data, holding 5,379 campgrounds between them. Tap any shape to open it.
Map loads as you scroll
National forest & grasslandBLM conservation landTap a boundary to open its page
Two agencies, two sets of rules
Whether you can pull off and sleep depends far more on who manages the ground than on what it looks like. Forest Service land generally allows dispersed camping; BLM conservation lands often restrict it to designated sites.
USDA Forest Service
132 units · 241M acres
Bureau of Land Management
57 units · 19M acres
What kind of land you are standing on
National Forest111National Monument34National Grassland21National Conservation Area15Outstanding Natural Area3National Conservation Lands2
Where the West is mostly public
A unit appears under every state it touches — honest geography beats a single “primary state” guess.
California36
Oregon22
Idaho20
Arizona19
Colorado19
Nevada18
Utah18
Montana17
New Mexico16
Wyoming14
Washington10
Oklahoma9
South Dakota9
Texas8
Georgia7
Kentucky5
Nebraska5
North Dakota5
Tennessee5
Michigan4
North Carolina4
South Carolina4
Alaska3
Arkansas3
Florida3
Virginia3
West Virginia3
Illinois2
Kansas2
Louisiana2
Minnesota2
Missouri2
New York2
Wisconsin2
Alabama1
ES1
Indiana1
Maine1
Massachusetts1
Mississippi1
New Hampshire1
New Jersey1
Ohio1
Pennsylvania1
Puerto Rico1
Vermont1
Find the one on your route
189 of 189 units
- Agua FriaBLM
- Alabama HillsBLM · 1
- AlleghenyForest Service · 17
- AngelesForest Service · 33
- Apache-SitgreavesForest Service · 61
- Arapaho and RooseveltForest Service · 63
- AshleyForest Service · 81
- Avi Kwa AmeBLM
- Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand CanyonBLM
- Basin and RangeBLM
- Bears EarsBLM · 8
- Beaver Dam WashBLM
- Beaver Dam Wash - Designated Road AreaBLM
- Beaverhead-DeerlodgeForest Service · 78
- Berryessa Snow MountainBLM
- BighornForest Service · 34
- BitterrootForest Service · 34
- Black HillsForest Service · 49
- Black KettleForest Service
- Black Mountain PistonesBLM
- Black Rock Desert / High Rock CanyonBLM
- BoiseForest Service · 88
- Bridger-TetonForest Service · 50
- Browns CanyonBLM
- Buffalo GapForest Service
- Butte ValleyForest Service
- CaddoForest Service
- California CoastalBLM
- Canyons of the AncientsBLM
- Caribou-TargheeForest Service · 63
- Carrizo PlainBLM · 2
- CarsonForest Service · 30
- Cascade-SiskiyouBLM · 1
- Cedar RiverForest Service
- Chattahoochee-OconeeForest Service · 35
- Chequamegon-NicoletForest Service · 43
- CherokeeForest Service · 32
- ChippewaForest Service · 19
- ChuckwallaBLM · 3
- ChugachForest Service · 52
- CibolaForest Service · 30
- CimarronForest Service
- ClevelandForest Service · 21
- CoconinoForest Service · 35
- Columbia River GorgeForest Service · 5
- ColvilleForest Service · 52
- ComancheForest Service
- CoronadoForest Service · 46
- Craters of the MoonBLM
- Crooked RiverForest Service
- CurlewForest Service
- Custer GallatinForest Service · 96
- Dakota Prairie GrasslandsForest Service · 12
- Daniel BooneForest Service · 23
- DeschutesForest Service · 99
- DixieForest Service · 28
- Dominguez/EscalanteBLM
- El MalpaisBLM
- El YunqueForest Service
- EldoradoForest Service · 55
- FishlakeForest Service · 65
- FlatheadForest Service · 42
- Fort OrdBLM
- Fort PierreForest Service
- Fort Stanton - Snowy RiverBLM · 1
- Francis Marion and SumterForest Service · 17
- Fremont-WinemaForest Service · 49
- George Washington and JeffersonForest Service · 44
- Gifford PinchotForest Service · 48
- Gila Box RiparianBLM · 2
- GilaForest Service · 32
- Gold ButteBLM
- Grand Canyon-ParashantBLM
- Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and GunnisonForest Service · 69
- Grand RiverForest Service
- Grand Staircase-EscalanteBLM · 3
- Green Mountain and Finger LakesForest Service · 11
- Gunnison GorgeBLM · 1
- HeadwatersBLM
- Helena-Lewis and ClarkForest Service · 57
- HiawathaForest Service · 57
- HoosierForest Service · 9
- Humboldt-ToiyabeForest Service · 56
- Huron-ManisteeForest Service · 53
- Idaho PanhandleForest Service · 50
- InyoForest Service · 80
- Ironwood ForestBLM
- John Wesley PowellBLM
- Jupiter Inlet LighthouseBLM
- JurassicBLM
- KaibabForest Service · 11
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent RocksBLM
- King RangeBLM · 4
- KiowaForest Service
- KisatchieForest Service · 27
- KlamathForest Service · 31
- KootenaiForest Service · 40
- Lake Tahoe Basin Management UnitForest Service · 23
- Land Between the Lakes National Recreation AreaForest Service
- Las CienegasBLM
- LassenForest Service · 34
- LincolnForest Service · 21
- Little MissouriForest Service
- LoloForest Service · 51
- Los PadresForest Service · 67
- Lyndon B. JohnsonForest Service
- MalheurForest Service · 35
- Manti-La SalForest Service · 44
- Mark TwainForest Service · 40
- McClellan CreekForest Service
- McInnis CanyonsBLM · 3
- Medicine Bow-RouttForest Service · 77
- MendocinoForest Service · 42
- Midewin National Tallgrass PrairieForest Service
- ModocForest Service · 24
- Mojave TrailsBLM
- MonongahelaForest Service · 28
- Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of PreyBLM
- Mt. Baker-SnoqualmieForest Service · 37
- Mt. HoodForest Service · 90
- National Forests in AlabamaForest Service · 10
- National Forests in FloridaForest Service · 36
- National Forests in MississippiForest Service · 5
- National Forests in North CarolinaForest Service · 42
- National Forests in TexasForest Service · 21
- NebraskaForest Service · 10
- Nez Perce-ClearwaterForest Service · 71
- Numunaa NobeBLM
- OchocoForest Service · 43
- OglalaForest Service
- Okanogan-WenatcheeForest Service · 142
- OlympicForest Service · 22
- Organ Mountains - Desert PeaksBLM · 1
- OttawaForest Service · 20
- OuachitaForest Service · 16
- Ozark-St. FrancisForest Service · 24
- PawneeForest Service
- PayetteForest Service · 48
- Piedras BlancasBLM
- Pike and San IsabelForest Service · 114
- PlumasForest Service · 69
- Pompeys PillarBLM
- Prehistoric TrackwaysBLM
- PrescottForest Service · 19
- Red CliffsBLM · 1
- Red Rock CanyonBLM · 1
- Río Grande del NorteBLM
- Rio GrandeForest Service · 62
- Rita BlancaForest Service
- Rogue River-SiskiyouForest Service · 73
- Salmon-ChallisForest Service · 67
- San BernardinoForest Service · 95
- San Juan IslandsBLM
- San JuanForest Service · 38
- San Pedro RiparianBLM
- Sand to SnowBLM
- Santa FeForest Service · 32
- Santa Rosa-San Jacinto MountainsBLM
- Savannah River SiteForest Service
- SawtoothForest Service · 77
- SequoiaForest Service · 74
- Shasta-TrinityForest Service · 87
- ShawneeForest Service · 2
- SheyenneForest Service
- ShoshoneForest Service · 36
- SierraForest Service · 69
- SiuslawForest Service · 56
- Six RiversForest Service · 17
- Sloan CanyonBLM
- Sonoran DesertBLM · 1
- StanislausForest Service · 65
- Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection AreaBLM · 2
- SteeseBLM
- SuperiorForest Service · 81
- TahoeForest Service · 85
- Thunder BasinForest Service
- TongassForest Service · 201
- TontoForest Service · 39
- Uinta-Wasatch-CacheForest Service · 109
- UmatillaForest Service · 48
- UmpquaForest Service · 54
- Upper Missouri River BreaksBLM
- Vermilion CliffsBLM
- Wallowa-WhitmanForest Service · 76
- WayneForest Service · 19
- White MountainForest Service · 63
- White RiverForest Service · 97
- WillametteForest Service · 85
- Yaquina HeadBLM
One thing first. Then the rest.
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