Public lands in Georgia
27 units whose boundary reaches Georgia. They are 11 national wildlife refuges, 14 wilderness areas and 2 national forests and grasslands, largest first within each type.
Acreage in Georgia
- National wildlife refuges
- 500,810 acres
- Wilderness areas
- 486,862 acres
- National forests and grasslands
- 1,798,912 acres
Each figure is the acreage inside Georgia 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 Georgia. Wilderness often lies inside one of the other kinds, so the figures overlap and should not be added together.
National wildlife refuges
Wilderness areas
National forests and grasslands
Boundaries come from the agencies’ own layers. A unit is listed in every state or territory its boundary reaches. Data refreshed November 1, 2026.