Kansas Public Lands
0.5% of Kansas is federal land: 254,412 of its 52,510,720 acres (2024 data). The largest federal land manager in Kansas is the Department of Defense, with 115,727 acres, 0.2% of the state. This guide covers 25 state parks, 5 National Park Service units, and 3 national wildlife refuges.
Explore Kansas public lands by type
Kansas public land map
- National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS)
- National wildlife refuges (FWS)
- State parks
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 33 places on this map
State parks (25)
- Cedar Bluff State Park
- Cheney State Park
- Clinton State Park
- Crawford State Park (Kansas)
- Cross Timbers State Park
- Eisenhower State Park (Kansas)
- El Dorado State Park
- Elk City State Park
- Fall River State Park
- Glen Elder State Park
- Hillsdale State Park
- Historic Lake Scott State Park
- Kanopolis State Park
- Kaw River State Park
- Lake Scott State Park
- Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park
- Lovewell State Park
- Meade State Park
- Mushroom Rock State Park
- Perry State Park
- Pomona State Park
- Prairie Dog State Park
- Sand Hills State Park
- Webster State Park
- Wilson State Park (Kansas)
National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (5)
National wildlife refuges (FWS) (3)
Who manages Kansas's land
| Agency | Acres | Share of Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management | 9 | 0% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 108,621 | 0.2% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 29,590 | 0.1% |
| National Park Service | 465 | 0% |
| Department of Defense | 115,727 | 0.2% |
| All federal land | 254,412 | 0.5% |
Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping on Kansas public land
1 of Kansas's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Kansas state parks table.
Common questions
- 0.5% of Kansas is federal land: 254,412 of its 52,510,720 acres (2024 data).
- 9 acres, less than 0.1% of the state (2024 data).
- The largest federal land manager in Kansas is the Department of Defense, with 115,727 acres, 0.2% of the state.
- This guide lists 25 Kansas state parks and recreation areas, 1 of them with camping on record.
- congress.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- blm.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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