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Nearly 8% of United States acreage is designated as National Forest, and these public lands are hot spots for outdoor enthusiasts. The National Forest system consists of 154 National Forests and 20 National Grasslands. Other designations, such as National Recreation Areas and National Monuments managed by USFS, are located within their boundaries. This list includes a few properties which don't follow that rule, labeled with an *.
| Name |
Designation |
State |
Year Est. |
| Allegheny |
National Forest |
Pennsylvania |
1923 |
| Angeles |
National Forest |
California |
1892 |
| Angelina |
National Forest |
Texas |
1936 |
| Apache |
National Forest |
Arizona, New Mexico |
1898 |
| Apalachicola |
National Forest |
Florida |
1936 |
| Arapaho |
National Forest |
Colorado |
1903 |
| Ashley |
National Forest |
Utah, Wyoming |
1908 |
| Beaverhead |
National Forest |
Montana |
1908 |
| Bienville |
National Forest |
Mississippi |
1936 |
| Bighorn |
National Forest |
Wyoming |
1897 |
| Bitterroot |
National Forest |
Montana, Idaho |
1897 |
| Black Hills |
National Forest |
South Dakota, Wyoming |
1897 |
| Black Kettle |
National Grassland |
Oklahoma, Texas |
1960 |
| Boise |
National Forest |
Idaho |
1908 |
| Bridger |
National Forest |
Wyoming |
1897 |
| Buffalo Gap |
National Grassland |
South Dakota |
1960 |
| Butte Valley |
National Grassland |
California |
1991 |
| Cache |
National Forest |
Utah, Idaho |
1897 |
| Caddo |
National Grassland |
Texas |
|
| Caribou |
National Forest |
Idaho |
1905 |
| Carson |
National Forest |
New Mexico |
1906 |
| Cedar River |
National Grassland |
North Dakota |
|
| Challis |
National Forest |
Idaho |
1908 |
| Chattahoochee |
National Forest |
Georgia |
1936 |
| Chequamegon |
National Forest |
Wisconsin |
1933 |
| Cherokee |
National Forest |
Tennessee, North Carolina |
1920 |
| Chippewa |
National Forest |
Minnesota |
1908 |
| Chugach |
National Forest |
Alaska |
1907 |
| Cibola |
National Forest |
New Mexico |
1906 |
| Cimarron |
National Grassland |
Kansas |
1960 |
| Clearwater |
National Forest |
Idaho |
1908 |
| Cleveland |
National Forest |
California |
1893 |
| Coconino |
National Forest |
Arizona |
1898 |
| Coeur d'Alene |
National Forest |
Idaho |
1906 |
| Colville |
National Forest |
Washington |
1907 |
| Comanche |
National Grassland |
Colorado |
1960 |
| Conecuh |
National Forest |
Alabama |
1936 |
| Coronado |
National Forest |
Arizona, New Mexico |
1902 |
| Croatan |
National Forest |
North Carolina |
1936 |
| Crooked River |
National Grassland |
Oregon |
|
| Curlew |
National Grassland |
Idaho |
1934 |
| Custer |
National Forest |
Montana, South Dakota |
1907 |
| Daniel Boone |
National Forest |
Kentucky |
1937 |
| Davy Crockett |
National Forest |
Texas |
1936 |
| De Soto |
National Forest |
Mississippi |
1936 |
| Deerlodge |
National Forest |
Montana |
1908 |
| Delta |
National Forest |
Mississippi |
1961 |
| Deschutes |
National Forest |
Oregon |
1908 |
| Dixie |
National Forest |
Utah |
1905 |
| El Yunque |
National Forest |
Puerto Rico |
1903 |
| Eldorado |
National Forest |
California |
1910 |
| Finger Lakes |
National Forest |
New York |
1983 |
| Fishlake |
National Forest |
Utah |
1899 |
| Flathead |
National Forest |
Montana |
1897 |
| Fort Pierre |
National Grassland |
South Dakota |
|
| Francis Marion |
National Forest |
South Carolina |
1936 |
| Fremont |
National Forest |
Oregon |
1906 |
| Gallatin |
National Forest |
Montana |
1899 |
| George Washington |
National Forest |
Virginia, West Virginia |
1918 |
| Gifford Pinchot |
National Forest |
Washington |
1908 |
| Gila |
National Forest |
New Mexico |
1899 |
| Grand Mesa |
National Forest |
Colorado |
1908 |
| Grand River |
National Grassland |
South Dakota |
|
| Green Mountain |
National Forest |
Vermont |
1932 |
| Gunnison |
National Forest |
Colorado |
1905 |
| Helena |
National Forest |
Montana |
1906 |
| Hiawatha |
National Forest |
Michigan |
1931 |
| Holly Springs |
National Forest |
Mississippi |
1936 |
| Homochitto |
National Forest |
Mississippi |
1936 |
| Hoosier |
National Forest |
Indiana |
1961 |
| Humboldt |
National Forest |
Nevada |
1906 |
| Huron |
National Forest |
Michigan |
1928 |
| Inyo |
National Forest |
California, Nevada |
1907 |
| Jefferson |
National Forest |
Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky |
1918 |
| Kaibab |
National Forest |
Arizona |
1908 |
| Kaniksu |
National Forest |
Idaho, Montana, Washington |
1906 |
| Kiowa |
National Grassland |
New Mexico |
1960 |
| Kisatchie |
National Forest |
Louisiana |
1930 |
| Klamath |
National Forest |
California, Oregon |
1905 |
| Kootenai |
National Forest |
Montana, Idaho |
1906 |
| Lake Tahoe Basin* |
Management Unit** |
California, Nevada |
1973 |
| Land Between The Lakes* |
National Recreation Area* |
Kentucky, Tennessee |
1963 |
| Lassen |
National Forest |
California |
1905 |
| Lewis and Clark |
National Forest |
Montana |
1897 |
| Lincoln |
National Forest |
New Mexico |
1902 |
| Little Missouri |
National Grassland |
North Dakota |
1960 |
| Lolo |
National Forest |
Montana |
1906 |
| Los Padres |
National Forest |
California |
1898 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
National Grassland |
Texas |
|
| Malheur |
National Forest |
Oregon |
1908 |
| Manistee |
National Forest |
Michigan |
1928 |
| Manti-La Sal |
National Forest |
Utah, Colorado |
1903 |
| Mark Twain |
National Forest |
Missouri |
1939 |
| McClellan Creek |
National Grassland |
Texas |
|
| Medicine Bow |
National Forest |
Wyoming |
1902 |
| Mendocino |
National Forest |
California |
1908 |
| Midewin* |
National Tallgrass Prairie* |
Illinois |
1996 |
| Modoc |
National Forest |
California |
1904 |
| Monongahela |
National Forest |
West Virginia |
1920 |
| Mount Baker |
National Forest |
Washington |
1897 |
| Mount Hood |
National Forest |
Oregon |
1892 |
| Nantahala |
National Forest |
North Carolina |
1907 |
| Nebraska |
National Forest |
Nebraska |
1902 |
| Nez Perce |
National Forest |
Idaho |
1908 |
| Nicolet |
National Forest |
Wisconsin |
1933 |
| Ocala |
National Forest |
Florida |
1908 |
| Ochoco |
National Forest |
Oregon |
1911 |
| Oconee |
National Forest |
Georgia |
1936 |
| Oglala |
National Grassland |
Nebraska |
|
| Okanogan |
National Forest |
Washington |
1911 |
| Olympic |
National Forest |
Washington |
1897 |
| Osceola |
National Forest |
Florida |
1931 |
| Ottawa |
National Forest |
Michigan |
1931 |
| Ouachita |
National Forest |
Arkansas, Oklahoma |
1907 |
| Ozark |
National Forest |
Arkansas |
1908 |
| Pawnee |
National Grassland |
Colorado |
1960 |
| Payette |
National Forest |
Idaho |
1905 |
| Pike |
National Forest |
Colorado |
1892 |
| Pisgah |
National Forest |
North Carolina |
1916 |
| Plumas |
National Forest |
California |
1905 |
| Prescott |
National Forest |
Arizona |
1898 |
| Rio Grande |
National Forest |
Colorado |
1908 |
| Rita Blanca |
National Grassland |
Texas, Oklahoma |
1960 |
| Rogue River |
National Forest |
Oregon, California |
1893 |
| Roosevelt |
National Forest |
Colorado |
1902 |
| Routt |
National Forest |
Colorado |
1902 |
| Sabine |
National Forest |
Texas |
1936 |
| Salmon |
National Forest |
Idaho |
1908 |
| Sam Houston |
National Forest |
Texas |
1936 |
| Samuel R. McKelvie |
National Forest |
Nebraska |
1971 |
| San Bernardino |
National Forest |
California |
1893 |
| San Isabel |
National Forest |
Colorado |
1902 |
| San Juan |
National Forest |
Colorado |
1905 |
| Santa Fe |
National Forest |
New Mexico |
1892 |
| Sawtooth |
National Forest |
Idaho, Utah |
1905 |
| Sequoia |
National Forest |
California |
1908 |
| Shasta |
National Forest |
California |
1905 |
| Shawnee |
National Forest |
Illinois |
1939 |
| Sheyenne |
National Grassland |
North Dakota |
|
| Shoshone |
National Forest |
Wyoming |
1891 |
| Sierra |
National Forest |
California |
1893 |
| Siskiyou |
National Forest |
Oregon |
1893 |
| Sitgreaves |
National Forest |
Arizona |
1898 |
| Siuslaw |
National Forest |
Oregon |
1908 |
| Six Rivers |
National Forest |
California |
1947 |
| Snoqualmie |
National Forest |
Washington |
1897 |
| St. Francis |
National Forest |
Arkansas |
1908 |
| St. Joe |
National Forest |
Idaho |
1906 |
| Stanislaus |
National Forest |
California |
1897 |
| Sumter |
National Forest |
South Carolina |
1936 |
| Superior |
National Forest |
Minnesota |
1909 |
| Tahoe |
National Forest |
California |
1899 |
| Talladega |
National Forest |
Alabama |
1936 |
| Targhee |
National Forest |
Idaho, Wyoming |
1905 |
| Teton |
National Forest |
Wyoming |
1897 |
| Thunder Basin |
National Grassland |
Wyoming |
1960 |
| Toiyabe |
National Forest |
Nevada, California |
1906 |
| Tombigbee |
National Forest |
Mississippi |
1959 |
| Tongass |
National Forest |
Alaska |
1907 |
| Tonto |
National Forest |
Arizona |
1905 |
| Trinity |
National Forest |
California |
1905 |
| Tuskegee |
National Forest |
Alabama |
1959 |
| Uinta |
National Forest |
Utah |
1897 |
| Umatilla |
National Forest |
Oregon, Washington |
1908 |
| Umpqua |
National Forest |
Oregon |
1907 |
| Uncompahgre |
National Forest |
Colorado |
1905 |
| Uwharrie |
National Forest |
North Carolina |
1961 |
| Wallowa |
National Forest |
Oregon, Idaho |
1905 |
| Wasatch |
National Forest |
Utah, Wyoming |
1897 |
| Wayne |
National Forest |
Ohio |
1951 |
| Wenatchee |
National Forest |
Washington |
1911 |
| White Mountain |
National Forest |
New Hampshire, Maine |
1918 |
| White River |
National Forest |
Colorado |
1891 |
| Whitman |
National Forest |
Oregon |
1905 |
| Willamette |
National Forest |
Oregon |
1933 |
| William B. Bankhead |
National Forest |
Alabama |
1918 |
| Winema |
National Forest |
Oregon |
1906 |
*These USFS properties do not fall within another National Forest or National Grassland
**Overlaps with other National Forests; not a separate unit
