Utah Public Lands
63.1% of Utah is federal land: 33,240,265 of its 52,696,960 acres (2024 data). The Bureau of Land Management is Utah's largest land manager, with 22,759,900 acres, 43.2% of the state. Dispersed camping is generally allowed on BLM land for up to 14 days, after which you must move at least 25 miles. This guide covers 35 state parks, 13 National Park Service units, 7 national forests, 7 BLM conservation areas and monuments, 51 wilderness areas, and 4 national wildlife refuges.
Explore Utah public lands by type
- Utah state parks 35 parks, 31 with camping, 23 with swimming
- Utah national parks 13 National Park Service units, 4 with developed campgrounds
- Utah national forests Ashley National Forest, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Dixie National Forest, Fishlake National Forest, Manti-La Sal National Forest, Sawtooth National Forest
- Utah BLM units 7 conservation areas and monuments, 3 with designated-site camping, 4 with dispersed camping
- Utah wilderness areas 51 areas, 2 need a permit in part
- Utah national wildlife refuges 4 national wildlife refuges, 1 with camping
Utah public land map
- BLM conservation areas and monuments
- 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 117 places on this map
State parks (35)
- Anasazi State Park Museum
- Antelope Island State Park
- Bear Lake State Park
- Camp Floyd State Park Museum
- Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
- Dead Horse Point State Park
- Deer Creek State Park
- East Canyon State Park
- Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum
- Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
- Fred Hayes State Park at Starvation
- Fremont Indian State Park and Museum
- Goblin Valley State Park
- Goosenecks State Park
- Great Salt Lake State Park
- Green River State Park
- Gunlock State Park
- Huntington State Park
- Hyrum State Park
- Jordanelle State Park
- Kodachrome Basin State Park
- Lost Creek State Park
- Otter Creek State Park
- Palisade State Park
- Piute State Park
- Quail Creek State Park
- Rockport State Park
- Sand Hollow State Park
- Scofield State Park
- Snow Canyon State Park
- Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum
- Utah Lake State Park
- Wasatch Mountain State Park
- Willard Bay State Park
- Yuba State Park
National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (13)
- Arches National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Canyonlands National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Cedar Breaks National Monument
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- Golden Spike National Historical Park
- Hovenweep National Monument
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- Rainbow Bridge National Monument
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument
- Zion National Park
National forests (7)
BLM conservation areas and monuments (7)
- Bears Ears National Monument - Indian Creek Unit
- Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
- Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument - Escalante Canyons Unit
- John Wesley Powell National Conservation Area
- Jurassic National Monument
- Red Cliffs National Conservation Area
Wilderness areas (51)
- Ashdown Gorge Wilderness
- Beartrap Canyon Wilderness
- Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness
- Big Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness
- Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
- Blackridge Wilderness
- Box-Death Hollow Wilderness
- Canaan Mountain Wilderness
- Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area
- Cold Wash Wilderness
- Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness
- Cottonwood Forest Wilderness
- Cougar Canyon Wilderness
- Dark Canyon Wilderness
- Deep Creek North Wilderness
- Deep Creek Wilderness
- Deseret Peak Wilderness
- Desolation Canyon Wilderness
- Devil's Canyon Wilderness
- Doc's Pass Wilderness
- Eagle Canyon Wilderness
- Goose Creek Wilderness
- High Uintas Wilderness
- Horse Valley Wilderness
- Labyrinth Canyon Wilderness
- LaVerkin Creek Wilderness
- Little Ocean Draw Wilderness
- Little Wild Horse Canyon Wilderness
- Lone Peak Wilderness
- Lower Last Chance Wilderness
- Mexican Mountain Wilderness
- Middle Wild Horse Mesa Wilderness
- Mount Naomi Wilderness
- Mount Nebo Wilderness
- Mount Olympus Wilderness
- Mount Timpanogos Wilderness
- Muddy Creek Wilderness
- Nelson Mountain Wilderness
- Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
- Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness
- Red Butte Wilderness
- Red Mountain Wilderness
- Red's Canyon Wilderness
- San Rafael Reef Wilderness
- Sid's Mountain Wilderness
- Slaughter Creek Wilderness
- Taylor Creek Wilderness
- Turtle Canyon Wilderness
- Twin Peaks Wilderness
- Wellsville Mountain Wilderness
- Zion Wilderness
National wildlife refuges (FWS) (4)
Who manages Utah's land
| Agency | Acres | Share of Utah |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management | 22,759,900 | 43.2% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 8,193,219 | 15.5% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 110,567 | 0.2% |
| National Park Service | 2,098,111 | 4% |
| Department of Defense | 78,468 | 0.1% |
| All federal land | 33,240,265 | 63.1% |
Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-28.
Camping on Utah public land
Dispersed camping is generally allowed on BLM land for up to 14 days, after which you must move at least 25 miles. (BLM Utah, checked 2026-09-28.) See Utah BLM units for each area's own rule.
National Park Service land has its own camping rules, set by each park unit: see Arches National Park , Bryce Canyon National Park , Capitol Reef National Park and Zion National Park for campgrounds, fees, and backcountry permits.
Most national wildlife refuges ban camping, but Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge allows it, each under its own rules and stay limit.
31 of Utah's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Utah state parks table.
Fire restrictions in Utah
Fire restrictions on Utah's public lands are set by agency, fire zone, and stage, and change through the season. Before a campfire, a stove, or target shooting, check the current restrictions on Utah Fire Info, the interagency fire information site for Utah. Each unit's page here lists the orders on record for it.
Common questions
- 63.1% of Utah is federal land: 33,240,265 of its 52,696,960 acres (2024 data).
- 22,759,900 acres, 43.2% of the state (2024 data).
- The Bureau of Land Management is Utah's largest land manager, with 22,759,900 acres, 43.2% of the state.
- Yes. Dispersed camping is generally allowed on BLM land for up to 14 days, after which you must move at least 25 miles. Individual conservation areas and monuments set their own rules; check each unit.
- This guide lists 35 Utah state parks and recreation areas, 31 of them with camping on record.
- https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/R/PDF/R42346/R42346.20.pdf (accessed 2026-09-28)
- https://www.blm.gov/programs/recreation/recreation-activities/utah (accessed 2026-09-28)