Vermont Public Lands
8% of Vermont is federal land: 474,866 of its 5,936,640 acres (2024 data). The largest federal land manager in Vermont is the U.S. Forest Service, with 414,099 acres, 7% of the state. This guide covers 56 state parks, 2 National Park Service units, 1 national forest, 8 wilderness areas, and 1 national wildlife refuge.
Explore Vermont public lands by type
- Vermont state parks 56 parks, 8 with camping, 38 with swimming
- Vermont national parks 2 National Park Service units
- Vermont national forests Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests: free dispersed camping allowed
- Vermont wilderness areas 8 areas
- Vermont national wildlife refuges 1 national wildlife refuge
Vermont 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 68 places on this map
State parks (56)
- Alburgh Dunes State Park
- Allis State Park
- Big Deer State Park
- Bomoseen State Park
- Boulder Beach State Park
- Branbury State Park
- Brighton State Park
- Burton Island State Park
- Button Bay State Park
- Camp Plymouth State Park
- Coolidge State Park
- Crystal Lake State Park
- D.A.R. State Park
- Elmore State Park
- Emerald Lake State Park
- Fort Dummer State Park
- Gifford Woods State Park
- Grand Isle State Park (Vermont)
- Green River Reservoir State Park (Vermont)
- Half Moon Pond State Park
- Hazen's Notch State Park
- Jamaica State Park
- Kettle Pond State Park
- Kingsland Bay State Park
- Knight Island State Park
- Knight Point State Park
- Lake Carmi State Park
- Lake Shaftsbury State Park
- Lake St. Catherine State Park
- Little River State Park
- Lowell Lake State Park
- Maidstone State Park
- Molly Stark State Park
- Molly's Falls Pond State Park
- Mount Ascutney State Park
- Mount Philo State Park
- New Discovery State Park
- Niquette Bay State Park
- North Hero State Park
- Quechee State Park
- Ricker Pond State Park
- Sand Bar State Park
- Sentinel Rock State Park
- Seyon Lodge State Park
- Silver Lake State Park (Vermont)
- Smugglers' Notch State Park
- Stillwater State Park
- Sweet Pond State Park
- Taconic Mountains Ramble State Park
- Thetford Hill State Park
- Townshend State Park
- Underhill State Park
- Waterbury Center State Park
- Wilgus State Park
- Woodford State Park
- Woods Island State Park
National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (2)
National forests (1)
Wilderness areas (8)
National wildlife refuges (FWS) (1)
Who manages Vermont's land
| Agency | Acres | Share of Vermont |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management | 0 | 0% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 414,099 | 7% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 38,441 | 0.6% |
| National Park Service | 10,465 | 0.2% |
| Department of Defense | 11,861 | 0.2% |
| All federal land | 474,866 | 8% |
Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping on Vermont public land
Free dispersed camping is also allowed on Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests .
8 of Vermont's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Vermont state parks table.
Common questions
- 8% of Vermont is federal land: 474,866 of its 5,936,640 acres (2024 data).
- The largest federal land manager in Vermont is the U.S. Forest Service, with 414,099 acres, 7% of the state.
- This guide lists 56 Vermont state parks and recreation areas, 8 of them with camping on record.
- congress.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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