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130 forests & grasslands · 10,379 free camps mapped · 130 with a field guide

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Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

MT · 1,188 camps · 3614K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Idaho Panhandle National Forests

ID,MT,WA · 1,024 camps · 2943K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest

ID,MT · 954 camps · 4072K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest

MT · 924 camps · 3177K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Custer Gallatin National Forest

MT,SD,WY · 902 camps · 3412K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Kootenai National Forest

ID,MT · 512 camps · 2622K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Flathead National Forest

MT · 420 camps · 2651K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Superior National Forest

MN · 332 camps · 3886K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Lolo National Forest

ID,MT · 324 camps · 2625K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Bitterroot National Forest

ID,MT,WY · 289 camps · 1664K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Tahoe National Forest

CA · 115 camps · 1181K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Siuslaw National Forest

OR · 102 camps · 835K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Bridger-Teton National Forest

WY · 98 camps · 3466K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

San Bernardino National Forest

CA · 91 camps · 805K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Chippewa National Forest

MN · 89 camps · 1598K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests

CO · 88 camps · 3153K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

WA · 85 camps · 3858K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

National Forests in North Carolina

NC,TN · 79 camps · 3026K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Sierra National Forest

CA · 74 camps · 1418K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

CA · 70 camps · 6704K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest

VA,WV · 68 camps · 3487K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Tonto National Forest

AZ · 68 camps · 2966K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Shasta-Trinity National Forest

CA · 67 camps · 2715K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests

AZ · 61 camps · 2110K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Mark Twain National Forest

MO · 54 camps · 3071K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Fremont-Winema National Forest

OR · 54 camps · 2815K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Fishlake National Forest

UT · 54 camps · 1787K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Monongahela National Forest

WV · 52 camps · 1703K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Huron-Manistee National Forest

MI · 52 camps · 2028K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Hiawatha National Forest

MI · 49 camps · 1300K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Dixie National Forest

UT · 48 camps · 1711K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Sequoia National Forest

CA · 46 camps · 1160K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

White Mountain National Forest

NH · 46 camps · 946K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Rio Grande National Forest

CO · 46 camps · 1937K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Umpqua National Forest

OR · 45 camps · 1035K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

WA · 45 camps · 2025K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Colville National Forest

WA · 44 camps · 1752K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

San Juan National Forest

CO · 44 camps · 2094K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Los Padres National Forest

CA · 42 camps · 1970K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests

VT · 42 camps · 854K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Angeles National Forest

CA · 42 camps · 706K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Pike and San Isabel National Forests

CO · 41 camps · 3968K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Carson National Forest

NM · 41 camps · 1592K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Payette National Forest

ID,OR · 39 camps · 2407K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Salmon-Challis National Forest

ID · 39 camps · 4396K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

National Forests in Alabama

AL · 39 camps · 1289K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Ashley National Forest

UT,WY · 39 camps · 1401K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Boise National Forest

ID · 39 camps · 2526K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Manti-La Sal National Forest

UT · 39 camps · 1414K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Gila National Forest

NM · 39 camps · 3389K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Coconino National Forest

AZ · 38 camps · 2000K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Lassen National Forest

CA · 37 camps · 1488K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests

OR · 37 camps · 1852K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Coronado National Forest

AZ · 36 camps · 1785K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

National Forests in Florida

FL · 35 camps · 1423K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Inyo National Forest

CA · 34 camps · 2097K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Gifford Pinchot National Forest

WA · 34 camps · 1496K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Ouachita National Forest

AR,OK · 32 camps · 2724K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest

UT · 31 camps · 2912K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests

GA · 31 camps · 1796K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Sawtooth National Forest

ID,UT · 31 camps · 2190K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Santa Fe National Forest

NM · 29 camps · 1681K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Modoc National Forest

CA · 28 camps · 2023K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Olympic National Forest

WA · 27 camps · 697K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Cherokee National Forest

NC,TN · 26 camps · 1228K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Mendocino National Forest

CA · 26 camps · 1073K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Ochoco National Forest

OR · 26 camps · 912K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Plumas National Forest

CA · 25 camps · 1431K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Willamette National Forest

OR · 25 camps · 1801K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Prescott National Forest

AZ · 24 camps · 1411K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Cibola National Forest

NM,OK · 24 camps · 3215K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Mt. Hood National Forest

OR · 23 camps · 1060K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Shoshone National Forest

WY · 22 camps · 2469K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Stanislaus National Forest

CA · 21 camps · 1090K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Tongass National Forest

AK · 21 camps · 17700K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Klamath National Forest

CA,OR · 21 camps · 1705K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Caribou-Targhee National Forest

ID · 20 camps · 3077K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Deschutes National Forest

OR · 20 camps · 1870K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

National Forests in Texas

TX · 20 camps · 1921K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Lincoln National Forest

NM · 20 camps · 1261K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests

CO · 19 camps · 2491K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Eldorado National Forest

CA · 19 camps · 793K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Kisatchie National Forest

LA · 19 camps · 1063K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Daniel Boone National Forest

KY · 17 camps · 2043K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

White River National Forest

CO · 17 camps · 2482K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Umatilla National Forest

OR,WA · 17 camps · 1498K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Chugach National Forest

AK · 16 camps · 6244K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Cleveland National Forest

CA · 16 camps · 561K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Malheur National Forest

OR · 16 camps · 1786K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Six Rivers National Forest

CA · 15 camps · 1273K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests

SC · 14 camps · 1381K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest

CO,WY · 13 camps · 4592K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Allegheny National Forest

PA · 12 camps · 740K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

OR · 12 camps · 2525K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Ozark-St. Francis National Forest

AR · 11 camps · 1532K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest

WI · 10 camps · 2005K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Little Missouri National Grassland

MT,ND · 10 camps · 1025K ac▸ field guide

Nebraska National Forest

NE,SD · 8 camps · 2064K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Bighorn National Forest

WY · 8 camps · 1112K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Kaibab National Forest

AZ · 8 camps · 1581K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Ottawa National Forest

MI · 8 camps · 1562K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Black Hills National Forest

SD,WY · 7 camps · 1537K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Black Kettle National Grassland

OK,TX · 7 camps · 31K ac▸ field guide

Buffalo Gap National Grassland

NE,SD,WY · 7 camps · 587K ac▸ field guide

Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area

KY · 6 camps · 171K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Hoosier National Forest

IN · 6 camps · 646K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Caddo National Grassland

OK,TX · 6 camps · 17K ac▸ field guide

Shawnee National Forest

IL · 5 camps · 930K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Crooked River National Grassland

OR · 5 camps · 115K ac▸ field guide

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit

CA,NV · 4 camps · 331K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Wayne National Forest

OH · 4 camps · 856K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Cimarron National Grassland

CO,KS · 4 camps · 108K ac▸ field guide

McClellan Creek National Grassland

TX · 4 camps · 1K ac▸ field guide

National Forests in Mississippi

MS · 3 camps · 2373K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Lyndon B. Johnson National Grassland

TX · 3 camps · 20K ac▸ field guide

Dakota Prairie Grasslands

ND · 2 camps · 1384K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Curlew National Grassland

ID · 2 camps · 47K ac▸ field guide

Fort Pierre National Grassland

SD · 2 camps · 115K ac▸ field guide

Kiowa National Grassland

NM · 2 camps · 137K ac▸ field guide

Sheyenne National Grassland

ND · 2 camps · 70K ac▸ field guide

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

OR,WA · 1 camps · 292K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Comanche National Grassland

CO,OK · 1 camps · 443K ac▸ field guide

Oglala National Grassland

NE,SD · 1 camps · 94K ac▸ field guide

Pawnee National Grassland

CO,NE · 1 camps · 192K ac▸ field guide

Thunder Basin National Grassland

WY · 1 camps · 552K ac▸ field guide

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

IL · 0 camps · 27K ac (boundary)▸ field guide

Butte Valley National Grassland

CA · 0 camps · 19K ac▸ field guide

Cedar River National Grassland

ND · 0 camps · 6K ac▸ field guide

Grand River National Grassland

SD · 0 camps · 154K ac▸ field guide

Rita Blanca National Grassland

OK,TX · 0 camps · 93K ac▸ field guide