Public lands in Missouri
19 units whose boundary reaches Missouri. They are 10 national wildlife refuges, 8 wilderness areas and 1 national forest, largest first within each type.
Acreage in Missouri
- National wildlife refuges
- 72,050 acres
- Wilderness areas
- 71,914 acres
- National forests and grasslands
- 3,069,958 acres
Each figure is the acreage inside Missouri 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 Missouri. 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.