Public lands in Arkansas

25 units whose boundary reaches Arkansas. They are 11 national wildlife refuges, 12 wilderness areas and 2 national forests and grasslands, largest first within each type.

National wildlife refuges: 394,051 acres
Wilderness areas: 153,262 acres
National forests and grasslands: 3,547,338 acres

Each figure is the acreage inside Arkansas for one kind of unit, summed over the units listed below. A unit that crosses into another state counts only the part of its boundary that lies in Arkansas. Wilderness often lies inside one of the other kinds, so the figures overlap and should not be added together.

National wildlife refuges

All national wildlife refuges →

Refuge · USFWS

Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge

157,588 acres4 campgrounds near

Refuge · USFWS

Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge

77,630 acresNational Wildlife Refuge

Refuge · USFWS

Cache River National Wildlife Refuge

74,723 acresNational Wildlife Refuge

Refuge · USFWS

Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge

28,854 acres3 campgrounds near

Refuge · USFWS

Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge

26,837 acresAlso TN

Refuge · USFWS

Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge

15,439 acresNational Wildlife Refuge

Refuge · USFWS

Overflow National Wildlife Refuge

13,578 acresNational Wildlife Refuge

Refuge · USFWS

Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge

10,998 acresNational Wildlife Refuge

Refuge · USFWS

Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge

6,012 acres1 campground near

Refuge · USFWS

Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge

5,647 acresNational Wildlife Refuge

Refuge · USFWS

Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge

125 acres1 campground near

Wilderness areas

All wilderness areas →

Wilderness · NPS

Buffalo National River Wilderness

34,933 acres6 campgrounds near

Wilderness · USFS

Leatherwood Wilderness

16,652 acres5 campgrounds near

Wilderness · USFS

Hurricane Creek Wilderness

15,214 acres2 campgrounds near

Wilderness · USFS

Caney Creek Wilderness

14,262 acres1 campground near

Wilderness · USFS

Black Fork Mountain Wilderness

13,347 acres2 campgrounds near

Wilderness · USFS

Upper Buffalo Wilderness

11,978 acres2 campgrounds near

Wilderness · USFS

Richland Creek Wilderness

11,674 acres1 campground near

Wilderness · USFS

Poteau Mountain Wilderness

11,141 acres1 campground near

Wilderness · USFS

East Fork Wilderness

10,585 acres3 campgrounds near

Wilderness · USFS

Flatside Wilderness

10,180 acres2 campgrounds near

Wilderness · USFS

Dry Creek Wilderness

6,301 acres3 campgrounds near

Wilderness · USFWS

Big Lake Wilderness

2,143 acresWilderness

National forests and grasslands

All national forests and grasslands →

Ouachita National Forest

2.7 million acres38 campgrounds near

Ozark-St. Francis National Forest

1.5 million acres38 campgrounds near

Boundaries come from the agencies’ own layers. A unit is listed in every state or territory its boundary reaches. Data refreshed November 1, 2026.