Public lands in Arizona
115 units whose boundary reaches Arizona. They are 10 national wildlife refuges, 90 wilderness areas, 6 national forests and grasslands and 9 BLM national monuments and conservation areas, largest first within each type.
Acreage in Arizona
- National wildlife refuges
- 1,736,730 acres
- Wilderness areas
- 4,511,146 acres
- National forests and grasslands
- 11,785,218 acres
- BLM national monuments and conservation areas
- 3,197,204 acres
Each figure is the acreage inside Arizona 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 Arizona. Wilderness often lies inside one of the other kinds, so the figures overlap and should not be added together.
National wildlife refuges
Wilderness areas
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National forests and grasslands
BLM national monuments and conservation areas
Boundaries come from the agencies’ own layers. A unit is listed in every state or territory its boundary reaches. Data refreshed November 1, 2026.