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Camping on public land
Every federal campground we can put on a map: 4,929 places to camp run by the Forest Service, the BLM, the Park Service and the Army Corps of Engineers.
Find one on the map, then open a state for its counties, its towns and every campground.
- 4,929
- federal places to camp
- 4,648 of them on the map below
- 3,387
- Forest Service
- National forest campgrounds, cabins and lookouts
- 673
- Army Corps of Engineers
- Lake campgrounds, many with hookups
- 390
- Bureau of Land Management
- Campgrounds and camping areas
- 458
- National Park Service
- Campgrounds inside the parks
Every federal campground, on the land it sits on
Pins are coloured by the agency that runs the campground. Zoom in, select one for its details and its Recreation.gov link, or use the finder for a campground, a town, a peak or a lake.
Interactive map. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and select any point to see which agency manages the land. Arrow keys pan and the plus and minus keys zoom when the map has focus. A list of every state with its share of federal land is on the Explore page.
Map layers
Legend
Federal land, by managing agency
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
US Forest Service (USFS)
National Park Service (NPS)
US Fish and Wildlife (USFW)
Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)
Department Of Defense (DOD)
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
Other Federal
State
Local
Alaska Native Lands (Patented or Interim Conveyed)
Alaska Native Allotment
Federal campgrounds, by agency
- Forest Service
- Bureau of Land Management
- National Park Service
- Army Corps of Engineers
- Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife and others
State and local land (USGS PAD-US)
- State land
- County and city land
- Regional agency or district
- Land trust or conservancy
BLM roads and trails
Roads Managed for Public Motorized Use
Road
Primitive Road
Roads Managed for Limited Public Motorized Use
Road
Primitive Road
Trails Managed for Public Motorized Use
Trail
Trails Managed for Limited Public Motorized Use
- Trail
Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map
Roads
Roads open to all Vehicles, Yearlong
Roads open to all Vehicles, Seasonal
Roads open to highway legal vehicles only, Yearlong
Roads open to highway legal vehicles only, Seasonal
Special Designation, Yearlong
Special Designation, Seasonal
Trails
Trails open to all vehicles, Yearlong
Trails open to all vehicles, Seasonal
Trails open to vehicles 50" or less in width, Yearlong
Trails open to vehicles 50" or less in width, Seasonal
Trails open to motorcycles, Yearlong
Trails open to motorcycles, Seasonal- Special Designation, Yearlong
Special Designation, Seasonal
Trails Open to Wheeled Vehicles Only < 50" in Width, Yearlong
Trails Open to Wheeled Vehicles Only < 50" or Less in Width, Seasonal
BLM Wilderness
Wilderness Area
Wilderness Study Area
BLM recreation sites
- Camping
- OHV area
- Trailhead
Gaps with no tint inside public land are private parcels, often old mining claims and homesteads. They are not open to the public.
Dashed clay lines on the base map are unpaved tracks from OpenStreetMap. They show what exists on the ground, not what is legal to drive.
Select any point to see who manages the land.
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Boundaries are approximate and land status changes. This map is a planning aid, not a survey or a statement of access. Confirm routes, closures and camping rules with the managing office.
State by state
- Alabama 25 Open the guide
- Alaska 238 Open the guide
- Arizona 167 Open the guide
- Arkansas 130 Open the guide
- California 788 Open the guide
- Colorado 350 Open the guide
- Connecticut 1 Open the guide
- Florida 43 Open the guide
- Georgia 52 Open the guide
- Hawaii 2 Open the guide
- Idaho 329 Open the guide
- Illinois 24 Open the guide
- Indiana 14 Open the guide
- Iowa 26 Open the guide
- Kansas 49 Open the guide
- Kentucky 41 Open the guide
- Louisiana 15 Open the guide
- Maine 7 Open the guide
- Maryland 17 Open the guide
- Massachusetts 5 Open the guide
- Michigan 86 Open the guide
- Minnesota 47 Open the guide
- Mississippi 43 Open the guide
- Missouri 66 Open the guide
- Montana 316 Open the guide
- Nebraska 12 Open the guide
- Nevada 39 Open the guide
- New Hampshire 21 Open the guide
- New Jersey 2 Open the guide
- New Mexico 93 Open the guide
- New York 9 Open the guide
- North Carolina 69 Open the guide
- North Dakota 19 Open the guide
- Ohio 6 Open the guide
- Oklahoma 98 Open the guide
- Oregon 504 Open the guide
- Pennsylvania 32 Open the guide
- South Carolina 19 Open the guide
- South Dakota 28 Open the guide
- Tennessee 64 Open the guide
- Texas 115 Open the guide
- Utah 345 Open the guide
- Vermont 7 Open the guide
- Virginia 64 Open the guide
- Washington 232 Open the guide
- West Virginia 47 Open the guide
- Wisconsin 46 Open the guide
- Wyoming 177 Open the guide
No state matches that. Try the two-letter code.
Four kinds of federal campground
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National forests
The largest set by far. Developed campgrounds sit along forest roads, most are reservable on Recreation.gov, and dispersed camping is usually allowed away from them unless an area is posted closed. Each forest sets its own stay limit.
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BLM land
Few developed campgrounds, usually small and simple, and a great deal of dispersed camping. The BLM records many of its camping areas as recreation areas rather than campgrounds, and they are included here.
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National parks
Camping is in designated campgrounds or by backcountry permit. The popular ones book out months ahead, so the reservation link matters more here than anywhere.
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Army Corps lakes
Campgrounds on reservoirs, mostly in the central and eastern states, often with electric and water hookups and paved pads. A good night between stretches of rougher travel.
Stay limits, fees, seasons and fire rules are set locally and change. The managing office has the final word.
Where this comes from
Campground records: Recreation Information Database (RIDB) full export, Recreation.gov, a partnership of twelve federal agencies, read September 19, 2026. Counties are assigned from Census county boundaries, nearby towns from the Census list of incorporated places, and elevations from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. A campground with no coordinates in the federal record is listed under its address town and left off the map rather than guessed at. State park, county and private campgrounds are not in the federal record and are not shown here yet.