Georgia Public Lands
5.3% of Georgia is federal land: 1,974,694 of its 37,295,360 acres (2024 data). The largest federal land manager in Georgia is the U.S. Forest Service, with 868,513 acres, 2.3% of the state. This guide covers 54 state parks, 10 National Park Service units, 1 national forest, 14 wilderness areas, and 9 national wildlife refuges.
Explore Georgia public lands by type
- Georgia state parks 54 parks, 42 with camping, 27 with swimming
- Georgia national parks 10 National Park Service units
- Georgia national forests Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests
- Georgia wilderness areas 14 areas, 1 need a permit in part
- Georgia national wildlife refuges 9 national wildlife refuges
Georgia public land map
- National forests
- National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS)
- National wildlife refuges (FWS)
- State parks
- Wilderness areas (dashed)
Land managed by (switch layers on or off)
Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
List of all 88 places on this map
State parks (54)
- A. H. Stephens State Park
- Amicalola Falls State Park
- Black Rock Mountain State Park
- Bobby Brown State Park
- Chattahoochee Bend State Park
- Cloudland Canyon State Park
- Crooked River State Park
- Don Carter State Park
- Elijah Clark State Park
- F. D. Roosevelt State Park
- Florence Marina State Park
- Fort King George State Historic Site
- Fort McAllister Historic State Park
- Fort Morris State Historic Site
- Fort Mountain State Park
- Fort Yargo State Park
- General Coffee State Park
- George L. Smith State Park
- George Washington Carver State Park
- Georgia Veterans State Park
- Hamburg State Park
- Hard Labor Creek State Park
- Hardman Farm State Historic Site
- High Falls State Park
- Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site
- Indian Springs State Park
- James H. Floyd State Park
- Jekyll Island State Park
- John Tanner State Park
- Kolomoki Mounds State Park
- Laura S. Walker State Park
- Little Ocmulgee State Park
- Magnolia Springs State Park
- Mistletoe State Park
- Moccasin Creek State Park
- Panola Mountain State Park
- Panola Mountain State Park Nature Center
- Providence Canyon State Park
- Red Top Mountain State Park
- Reed Bingham State Park
- Richard B. Russell State Park
- Robert Toombs House State Historic Site
- Seminole State Park
- Skidaway Island State Park
- Sprewell Bluff State Park
- Stephen C. Foster State Park
- Sweetwater Creek State Park
- Tallulah Gorge State Park
- Tugaloo State Park
- Unicoi State Park
- Victoria Bryant State Park
- Vogel State Park
- Watson Mill Bridge State Park
- Wormsloe State Historic Site
National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (10)
- Andersonville National Historic Site
- Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
- Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park
- Cumberland Island National Seashore
- Fort Frederica National Monument
- Fort Pulaski National Monument
- Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
- Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
- Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
National forests (1)
Wilderness areas (14)
- Big Frog Wilderness
- Blackbeard Island Wilderness
- Blood Mountain Wilderness
- Brasstown Wilderness
- Cohutta Wilderness
- Cumberland Island Wilderness
- Ellicott Rock Wilderness
- Mark Trail Wilderness
- Okefenokee Wilderness
- Raven Cliffs Wilderness
- Rich Mountain Wilderness
- Southern Nantahala Wilderness
- Tray Mountain Wilderness
- Wolf Island Wilderness
National wildlife refuges (FWS) (9)
- Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
- Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge
- Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
- Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge
- Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge
Who manages Georgia's land
| Agency | Acres | Share of Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 868,513 | 2.3% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 489,401 | 1.3% |
| National Park Service | 41,231 | 0.1% |
| Department of Defense | 575,549 | 1.5% |
| All federal land | 1,974,694 | 5.3% |
Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping on Georgia public land
State parks
42 of Georgia's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Georgia state parks table.
Common questions
- 5.3% of Georgia is federal land: 1,974,694 of its 37,295,360 acres (2024 data).
- The largest federal land manager in Georgia is the U.S. Forest Service, with 868,513 acres, 2.3% of the state.
- This guide lists 54 Georgia state parks and recreation areas, 42 of them with camping on record.
- congress.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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