Indiana Public Lands
1.7% of Indiana is federal land: 383,751 of its 23,158,400 acres (2024 data). The largest federal land manager in Indiana is the U.S. Forest Service, with 204,380 acres, 0.9% of the state. This guide covers 27 state parks, 3 National Park Service units, 1 national forest, 1 wilderness areas, and 2 national wildlife refuges.
Explore Indiana public lands by type
Indiana 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 34 places on this map
State parks (27)
- Brown County State Park
- Chain O'Lakes State Park (Indiana)
- Charlestown State Park
- Clifty Falls State Park
- Deam Lake State Recreation Area
- Falls of the Ohio State Park
- Fort Harrison State Park
- Harmonie State Park
- Indiana Dunes State Park
- Lincoln State Park
- McCormick's Creek State Park
- Mounds State Park
- O'Bannon Woods State Park
- Ouabache State Park
- Pokagon State Park
- Potato Creek State Park
- Prophetstown State Park
- Shades State Park
- Shakamak State Park
- Spring Mill State Park
- Starve Hollow State Recreation Area
- Summit Lake State Park
- Tippecanoe River State Park
- Turkey Run State Park
- Versailles State Park
- White River State Park
- Whitewater Memorial State Park
National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (3)
National forests (1)
Wilderness areas (1)
National wildlife refuges (FWS) (2)
Who manages Indiana's land
| Agency | Acres | Share of Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 204,380 | 0.9% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 17,743 | 0.1% |
| National Park Service | 10,875 | 0% |
| Department of Defense | 150,753 | 0.7% |
| All federal land | 383,751 | 1.7% |
Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping on Indiana public land
5 of Indiana's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Indiana state parks table.
Common questions
- 1.7% of Indiana is federal land: 383,751 of its 23,158,400 acres (2024 data).
- The largest federal land manager in Indiana is the U.S. Forest Service, with 204,380 acres, 0.9% of the state.
- This guide lists 27 Indiana state parks and recreation areas, 5 of them with camping on record.
- congress.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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