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Byway Atlas · Public land

261 million acres you are
allowed to sleep on

189 national forests, grasslands and BLM conservation units across 45 states. Official boundaries, every campground we can source, the rig lengths they actually take, and what the managing agency says about camping outside them.

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189
Units
261M
Acres of public land
5,378
Campgrounds
45
States
The map

Every boundary, on one country

All 189 units drawn from the agencies’ own boundary data, holding 5,378 campgrounds between them. Tap any shape to open it.

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National forest & grasslandBLM conservation landTap a boundary to open its page
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Who manages it

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 Service132 units · 241M acres
Bureau of Land Management57 units · 19M acres
By designation

What kind of land you are standing on

National Forest111 units
National Monument34 units
National Grassland21 units
National Conservation Area15 units
Outstanding Natural Area3 units
National Conservation Lands2 units
Cooperative Management and Protection Area1 units
Forest Reserve1 units
National Scenic Area1 units
By state

Where the West is mostly public

A unit appears under every state it touches — honest geography beats a single “primary state” guess.

California36 units
Oregon22 units
Idaho20 units
Arizona19 units
Colorado19 units
Nevada18 units
Utah18 units
Montana17 units
New Mexico16 units
Wyoming14 units
Washington10 units
Oklahoma9 units
South Dakota9 units
Texas8 units
Georgia7 units
Kentucky5 units
Nebraska5 units
North Dakota5 units
Tennessee5 units
Michigan4 units
North Carolina4 units
South Carolina4 units
Alaska3 units
Arkansas3 units
Florida3 units
Virginia3 units
West Virginia3 units
Illinois2 units
Kansas2 units
Louisiana2 units
Minnesota2 units
Missouri2 units
New York2 units
Wisconsin2 units
Alabama1 units
Indiana1 units
Maine1 units
Massachusetts1 units
Mississippi1 units
New Hampshire1 units
New Jersey1 units
Ohio1 units
Pennsylvania1 units
Puerto Rico1 units
Vermont1 units
Every unit

Find the one on your route

Search by name, state or designation. Narrow the list by agency or campgrounds, then open a unit for the details.

189 of 189 units

One thing first. Then the rest.

Byway plans the drive between these places — real roads, real stops, nothing invented. Tell it where you have to be, and it finds the version of the trip worth remembering.

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