Missouri Public Lands
3.9% of Missouri is federal land: 1,704,258 of its 44,248,320 acres (2024 data). The largest federal land manager in Missouri is the U.S. Forest Service, with 1,510,185 acres, 3.4% of the state. This guide covers 87 state parks, 6 National Park Service units, 1 national forest, 8 wilderness areas, and 10 national wildlife refuges.
Explore Missouri public lands by type
Missouri 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 112 places on this map
State parks (87)
- Arrow Rock State Historic Site
- Battle of Athens State Historic Site
- Battle of Carthage State Historic Site
- Battle of Island Mound State Historic Site
- Battle of Lexington State Historic Site
- Bennett Spring State Park
- Big Lake State Park
- Big Oak Tree State Park
- Big Sugar Creek State Park
- Bollinger Mill State Historic Site
- Boone's Lick State Historic Site
- Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site
- Bryant Creek State Park
- Castlewood State Park
- Clark's Hill/Norton State Historic Site
- Confederate Memorial State Historic Site
- Crowder State Park
- Cuivre River State Park
- Current River State Park
- Deutschheim State Historic Site
- Dillard Mill State Historic Site
- Don Robinson State Park
- Echo Bluff State Park
- Edward "Ted" and Pat Jones-Confluence Point State Park
- Elephant Rocks State Park
- Eleven Point State Park
- Felix Vallé House State Historic Site
- Finger Lakes State Park
- First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site
- Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site
- Gov. Daniel Dunklin's Grave State Historic Site
- Graham Cave State Park
- Grand Gulf State Park (Missouri)
- Ha Ha Tonka State Park
- Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site
- Harry S Truman State Park
- Hawn State Park
- Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site
- Iliniwek Village State Historic Site
- Jefferson Landing State Historic Site
- Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site
- Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park
- Katy Trail State Park
- Knob Noster State Park
- Lake of the Ozarks State Park
- Lake Wappapello State Park
- Lewis and Clark State Park (Missouri)
- Locust Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site
- Long Branch State Park
- Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site
- Mark Twain State Park
- Mastodon State Historic Site
- Meramec State Park
- Missouri Mines State Historic Site
- Montauk State Park (Missouri)
- Morris State Park
- Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site
- Onondaga Cave State Park
- Osage Village State Historic Site
- Pershing State Park
- Pomme de Terre State Park
- Prairie State Park
- Roaring River State Park
- Robertsville State Park
- Rock Bridge Memorial State Park
- Rock Island Trail State Park (Missouri)
- Route 66 State Park
- Sam A. Baker State Park
- Sandy Creek Covered Bridge State Historic Site
- Sappington Cemetery State Historic Site
- Scott Joplin House State Historic Site
- Shepherd of the Hills State Park
- St. Francois State Park
- St. Joe State Park
- Stockton State Park
- Table Rock State Park (Missouri)
- Taum Sauk Mountain State Park
- Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site
- Thousand Hills State Park
- Towosahgy State Historic Site
- Trail of Tears State Park
- Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site
- Wakonda State Park
- Wallace State Park
- Washington State Park
- Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site
- Weston Bend State Park
National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (6)
National forests (1)
Wilderness areas (8)
National wildlife refuges (FWS) (10)
- Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge
- Great River National Wildlife Refuge
- Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge
- Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge
- Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
- Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
- Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge
- Pilot Knob National Wildlife Refuge
- Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Who manages Missouri's land
| Agency | Acres | Share of Missouri |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management | 59 | 0% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 1,510,185 | 3.4% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 62,020 | 0.1% |
| National Park Service | 54,742 | 0.1% |
| Department of Defense | 77,252 | 0.2% |
| All federal land | 1,704,258 | 3.9% |
Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping on Missouri public land
State parks
3 of Missouri's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Missouri state parks table.
Common questions
- 3.9% of Missouri is federal land: 1,704,258 of its 44,248,320 acres (2024 data).
- 59 acres, less than 0.1% of the state (2024 data).
- The largest federal land manager in Missouri is the U.S. Forest Service, with 1,510,185 acres, 3.4% of the state.
- This guide lists 87 Missouri state parks and recreation areas, 3 of them with camping on record.
- congress.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- blm.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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