Public lands in Mississippi

19 units whose boundary reaches Mississippi. They are 15 national wildlife refuges, 3 wilderness areas and 1 national forest, largest first within each type.

Acreage in Mississippi

National wildlife refuges
210,333 acres
Wilderness areas
10,656 acres
National forests and grasslands
2,373,306 acres

Each figure is the acreage inside Mississippi 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 Mississippi. Wilderness often lies inside one of the other kinds, so the figures overlap and should not be added together.

National wildlife refuges

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Refuge · USFWS
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
48,326 acresNational Wildlife Refuge
Refuge · USFWS
Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
41,797 acres2 campgrounds near
Refuge · USFWS
Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge
36,563 acresAlso LA
Refuge · USFWS
St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge
24,793 acresAlso LA
Refuge · USFWS
Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge
19,157 acres2 campgrounds near
Refuge · USFWS
Hillside National Wildlife Refuge
15,517 acresNational Wildlife Refuge
Refuge · USFWS
Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge
13,044 acresNational Wildlife Refuge
Refuge · USFWS
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
10,315 acresAlso AL
Refuge · USFWS
Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge
9,777 acresNational Wildlife Refuge
Refuge · USFWS
Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge
7,556 acresNational Wildlife Refuge
Refuge · USFWS
Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge
6,265 acres2 campgrounds near
Refuge · USFWS
Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge
4,675 acres5 campgrounds near
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Refuge · USFWS
Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge
2,516 acresNational Wildlife Refuge
Refuge · USFWS
Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge
2,365 acresNational Wildlife Refuge
Refuge · USFWS
Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge
1,538 acresNational Wildlife Refuge

Wilderness areas

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Wilderness · USFS
Black Creek Wilderness
5,033 acresWilderness
Wilderness · NPS
Gulf Islands Wilderness
4,630 acresWilderness
Wilderness · USFS
Leaf Wilderness
993 acresWilderness

National forests and grasslands

All national forests and grasslands →
Forest · USFS
National Forests in Mississippi
2.4 million acres27 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.