Explore BLM Public Lands, Recreation Opportunities Across America
Summary
The Bureau of Land Management maintains a public-facing webpage listing recreation opportunities across its managed lands in 21 states including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. The site allows visitors to search by location, activity type, and keyword, with activities ranging from hiking and camping to rockhounding, wildlife viewing, and off-highway vehicle use. The BLM provides this portal to enable individuals and communities to achieve desired social, economic, and environmental outcomes through public land access.
“The wide variety of diverse landscapes across BLM-managed public lands offer visitors unique opportunities and memorable experiences as vast as the land itself.”
About this source
GovPing monitors US BLM Press for new energy regulatory changes. Every update since tracking began is archived, classified, and available as free RSS or email alerts — 3 changes logged to date.
What changed
The Bureau of Land Management publishes a recreation portal providing visitors with information about outdoor activities available on federal public lands. The page offers searchable access to BLM-managed sites across 21 states, organized by location and activity type including camping, hiking, fishing, boating, rockhounding, and off-highway vehicle recreation. No compliance obligations or regulatory changes are created by this informational resource.
For compliance officers and legal professionals, this document has no regulatory implications. It is a public-facing informational resource from the BLM and does not establish, modify, or remove any legal obligations, prohibitions, or reporting requirements.
Archived snapshot
Apr 23, 2026GovPing captured this document from the original source. If the source has since changed or been removed, this is the text as it existed at that time.
Visit Our Public Lands
The wide variety of diverse landscapes across BLM-managed public lands offer visitors unique opportunities and memorable experiences as vast as the land itself. Location Select Location Alaska Arizona California Colorado Florida Idaho Maryland Minnesota Montana North Dakota New Mexico Nevada Oregon South Dakota Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming Activities Select Activities ACCESSIBLE FACILITY OR ACTIVITY SAILBOARDING WINERY TOURS ACCESSIBLE SWIMMING AMPHITHEATER BACKPACKING BEACHCOMBING BERRY PICKING BIKING BIRD WATCHING BIRDING BOATING BOULDERING CAMPING CAMPING AREA CANOEING CANYONEERING CAVING CLIMBING CROSS COUNTRY SKIING CULTURAL ACTIVITIES DAY USE AREA DISC GOLF DISPERSED CAMPING DIVING DOG MUSHING DOGS ON LEASH (LEASH REQUIRED) DOWNHILL SKIING E-BIKING, CLASS 1 E-BIKING, CLASS 2 E-BIKING, CLASS 3 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION EVENING PROGRAMS FAT TIRE BIKING FIRE LOOKOUTS/CABINS OVERNIGHT FISH HATCHERY FISH VIEWING SITE FISHING FLY FISHING GEOCACHING GOLD PANNING GUIDED INTERPRETIVE WALKS HANG GLIDING - PARASAILING HIKING HISTORIC & CULTURAL SITE HISTORIC SITES HORSE CAMPING HORSEBACK RIDING HOT SPRINGS SOAKING HUNTING ICE CLIMBING ICE FISHING INFORMATION SITE INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS JET SKIING KAYAKING LAND - SAND SAILING LONG TERM VISITOR AREA MOTOR BOAT MOUNTAIN BIKING MOUNTAIN CLIMBING NON-MOTORIZED BOATING OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE OHV USE - ULTRALIGHT PADDLE BOATING PADDLING PHOTOGRAPHY PICNICKING PLAYGROUND PARK SPECIALIZED SPORT SITE RAFTING RANGER STATION RECREATIONAL SHOOTING RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ROCK CLIMBING ROCKHOUNDING SAILING SCENIC DRIVE SCUBA DIVING SEA KAYAKING SHOOTING RANGE SKATE SKIING SKIING SKIJORING SLEDDING SNORKELING SNOW FAT TIRE BIKING SNOW TUBING SNOWBOARDING SNOWMOBILE SNOWMOBILE TRAILS SNOWMOBILING SNOWPARK SNOWSHOEING SOFTBALL FIELDS STARGAZING SURFING SWIMMING SWIMMING SITE TRAIL RUNNING TRAILS, HORSE TRAPPING TUBING VISITOR CENTER WATER ACCESS WATER SKIING WATER SPORTS WHALE WATCHING WHITEWATER RAFTING WILD HORSE VIEWING WILDERNESS WILDLIFE VIEWING WINDSURFING WINTER SPORTS Keyword
Search by Map
Search for activities and locations on the BLM Map. View Interactive Map
Hiking BLM-managed lands have hiking trail including small foot paths, untrammeled wilderness, National Historic Trails with developed trail heads and interpretation centers.
Camping BLM-managed lands offer camping styles from staying in an RV to simply throwing a sleeping bag on the ground in the backcountry.
Climbing BLM-managed lands offer opportunities for climbing with many nearby camp sites available.
Hunting & Fishing The BLM provides opportunities to hunt and fish in a safe and environmentally sound manner.
Recreational Shooting The BLM provides opportunities to engage in shooting sports activities in a safe and environmentally sound manner.
Off-Highway Vehicles Numerous and diverse opportunities for off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation exist on BLM-managed public lands
Mountain Biking & E-Bikes The BLM and the IMBA are Connecting with Communities through a national partnership.
Rockhounding Learn more about collecting rocks, mineral specimens, and semiprecious gemstones on BLM-managed public lands.
Permits and Fees Recreation Passes Maps Know Before You Go Outdoor Ethics Recreation.gov
Places Summary
The BLM manages recreation resources and visitor services to offer the greatest benefits possible to individuals and communities and to better enable communities to achieve their own desired social, economic, and environmental outcomes.
Accessibility Byways Caves and Karst Travel & Transportation
Related changes
Get daily alerts for US BLM Press
Daily digest delivered to your inbox.
Free. Unsubscribe anytime.
About this page
Every important government, regulator, and court update from around the world. One place. Real-time. Free. Our mission
Source document text, dates, docket IDs, and authority are extracted directly from BLM.
The summary, classification, recommended actions, deadlines, and penalty information are AI-generated from the original text and may contain errors. Always verify against the source document.
Classification
Who this affects
Taxonomy
Browse Categories
Get alerts for this source
We'll email you when US BLM Press publishes new changes.
Subscribed!
Optional. Filters your digest to exactly the updates that matter to you.