Wyoming Public Lands
47.7% of Wyoming is federal land: 29,710,191 of its 62,343,040 acres (2024 data). The largest federal land manager in Wyoming is the Bureau of Land Management, with 18,049,385 acres, 29% 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 20 state parks, 6 National Park Service units, 8 national forests, 15 wilderness areas, and 6 national wildlife refuges.
Explore Wyoming public lands by type
- Wyoming state parks 20 parks, 5 with camping, 2 with swimming
- Wyoming national parks 6 National Park Service units
- Wyoming national forests Bighorn National Forest, Black Hills National Forest, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Shoshone National Forest, Ashley National Forest, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
- Wyoming wilderness areas 15 areas
- Wyoming national wildlife refuges 6 national wildlife refuges
Wyoming 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 55 places on this map
State parks (20)
- Bear River State Park
- Boysen State Park
- Buffalo Bill State Park
- Connor Battlefield State Historic Site
- Curt Gowdy State Park
- Edness K. Wilkins State Park
- Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site
- Glendo State Park
- Granger Stage Station State Historic Site
- Guernsey State Park
- Hawk Springs State Recreation Area
- Hot Springs State Park
- Independence Rock State Historic Site
- Keyhole State Park
- Piedmont Charcoal Kilns State Historic Site
- Point of Rocks Stage Station State Historic Site
- Seminoe State Park
- Sinks Canyon State Park
- South Pass City State Historic Site
- Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site
National parks, recreation areas and monuments (NPS) (6)
National forests (8)
Wilderness areas (15)
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
- Bridger Wilderness
- Cloud Peak Wilderness
- Encampment River Wilderness
- Fitzpatrick Wilderness
- Gros Ventre Wilderness
- Huston Park Wilderness
- Jedediah Smith Wilderness
- North Absaroka Wilderness
- Platte River Wilderness
- Popo Agie Wilderness
- Savage Run Wilderness
- Teton Wilderness
- Washakie Wilderness
- Winegar Hole Wilderness
Who manages Wyoming's land
| Agency | Acres | Share of Wyoming |
|---|---|---|
| Bureau of Land Management | 18,049,385 | 29% |
| U.S. Forest Service | 9,226,016 | 14.8% |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 74,517 | 0.1% |
| National Park Service | 2,345,726 | 3.8% |
| Department of Defense | 14,547 | 0% |
| All federal land | 29,710,191 | 47.7% |
Source: Congressional Research Service, Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data (R42346), 2024 data, checked 2026-09-30.
Camping on Wyoming 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 Wyoming, checked 2026-09-30.)
5 of Wyoming's state parks have developed campgrounds on record; compare them in the Wyoming state parks table.
Common questions
- 47.7% of Wyoming is federal land: 29,710,191 of its 62,343,040 acres (2024 data).
- 18,049,385 acres, 29% of the state (2024 data).
- The largest federal land manager in Wyoming is the Bureau of Land Management, with 18,049,385 acres, 29% 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 20 Wyoming state parks and recreation areas, 5 of them with camping on record.
- congress.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- blm.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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