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Located approximately 18 miles north of Billings, the Acton Recreation Area consists of an extremely diverse landscape. With Cretaceous Age upland bluffs of Eagle sandstone, minor badlands, steep drainages, weathered shale, and scattered ponderosa pine, this 3,800-acre parcel of land...

Visit the Agua Fria National Monument north of Phoenix. Explore the region's rich human history, hike the Badger Springs Trail to the Agua Fria River, travel Bloody Basin Road, and more.

The high wall, needle-like spires of the Organ Mountains curve dramatically around a semicircle of Chihuahuan Desert habitat at the Aguirre Spring Campground. The campground, nestled at the base of spectacular cliffs, overlooks the Tularosa Basin and White Sands National...

The Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness is located in northwestern New Mexico and is a badland area of rolling water-carved clay hills. The area is rich in fossils and has little vegetation to conceal geological formations. The thin vegetation includes sagebrush, piñon-juniper, Great...

The Alien Run Trail System provides mountain bikers with the opportunity to experience a variety of trails in a high desert landscape. The trails are named for a rumored UFO crash site in the area. The trails here provide a...

The alleged UFO Skip Site is the place where some people believe an unidentified flying object containing aliens crashed near Corona, N.M., in July 1947. To read the U.S. Air Force’s special report on the incident, please visit: The Roswell...

Overview Reserve a site at Alsea Falls on recreation.gov or pay when you arrive for non-reserved campsites using the Recreation.gov Mobile App. You must download before you reach the site since there is no cell reception in the drainage. Alsea...

Angel Peak Scenic Area and Campground, located about 30 miles southeast of Farmington, New Mexico, offers more than 10,000 acres of rugged terrain recognized for its scenic and scientific wonders. The nearly 7,000-foot Angel Peak, a landmark composed of river-deposited...

Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview The St. Anthony Sand Dunes consists of 10,600 acres of clear, shifting, white quartz sand. Although much of the sand dunes is managed as a wilderness study...

Overview Aquila Vista is closed until further notice to remove wildfire burned danger trees. Aquila Vista is available for overnight group camping for groups up to 30 people and 20 vehicles. The season, when it reopens, will be mid-May through...

Located in southeast Arizona, the 19,410-acre Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness is an exciting adventure. You must have a permit to hike, backpack, and hunt in Aravaipa Canyon and all the side canyons.

Arch Canyon is a 12-mile-long box canyon, narrow with a flat bottom at tall walls, located north of highway 95.

First opened in 2004, the Arctic Interagency Visitor Center is a partnership between three federal agencies that manage the public lands in northern Alaska: the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...

Explore 800 miles between Mexico and Utah. The BLM manages 45 miles: Buckskin Mountain, Gila River Canyons, and Tortilla Mountain passages.

Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview The Arkansas River is one of the most popular river-rafting spots in the United States. The area also provides some of the best fishing in Colorado. The...

The Arrow Canyon Wilderness now contains a total of 27,530 acres and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. All of the Wilderness is in the state of Nevada. In 2002, the Arrow Canyon Wilderness became part of the...

You cross the Continental Divide at Atigun Pass (milepost 244, elevation 4,739 feet). South of here, rivers flow into the Pacific Ocean or Bering Sea, while rivers to the north flow into the Arctic Ocean. Storms can dump snow here...

The Atlantic City Campground is in the South Pass area. It features 18 campsites, fire rings, garbage collection, water (weather permitting), picnic tables, vault toilets and can accommodate large recreational vehicles. The site is ADA Accessible. There are seasonal closures...

East of Lake Havasu City, explore the 15,400-acre Aubrey Peak Wilderness Area's hiking, backpacking, photography, and other outdoor activities in a scenic Mohave/Sonoran Desert transition zone.

Overview The Dillon Field Office is unable to make reservations for you. Please call Recreation.gov (877-444-6777) to book a reservation or book online. Axolotl Cabin is located approximately 14 miles southwest of Ennis, Montana, in the foothills of the Gravelly...

In the Agua Fria National Monument north of Phoenix, the Badger Springs Trail leads down the Badger Springs Wash to the Agua Fria River canyon, an area rich in archaeological history.

Enjoy spectacular views of the surrounding valleys and mountains along the 3.2-mile Badger Trail near Kingman.

Enjoy spectacular birding and wildlife viewing in the 4,812-acre Baker Canyon Wilderness Study Area east of Douglas in Cochise County, Arizona.

The Baker Cypress Trail is a short ¼ mile interpretive trail in the middle country within the Baker Cypress Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The trail accesses unique habitat of the Baker Cypress trees and other botanically important areas. Those...

Overview In the early 1980s, the Baker Dam Recreation Area was developed to take advantage of the recreational opportunities provided by the reservoir. Increased public demand led to an expansion of the recreation area in 1994 that included enlarging the...

The Bald Mountain Trail system is located on the eastern end of low ridge (1,000 feet of vertical) that extends from the foothills of Diamond Mountain east out into the northwest end of Honey Lake Valley just 15 miles east...

Overview Open year-round; visitors come for the spectacular rock climbing adjacent to the campground. Approximately 15 miles north of Cañon City, Colorado, The Bank Campground overlooks Shelf Road and is located at an approximate elevation of 6890 feet. The Bank...

Overview:A short drive from Charleston, Oregon, Bastendorff Beach is one of the most popular beaches on the southern Oregon Coast. A wide stretch of soft sand is the perfect place for a walk, kite flying and other fun on the...

Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Overview Bears Ears National Monument, co-managed by the Bureau of Land Management Monticello Field Office, the Manti La Sal National Forest, and the five Tribes of the Bears Ears Commission, is...

Those folks seeking true adventure can find it floating Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River. Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River is a Class I, clear water river, with only a few short sections of class II water that flows...

Explore the Betty's Kitchen Watchable Wildlife Viewing Area and National Recreation Trail near Yuma, Arizona. Enjoy wildlife observation, picnicking, and fishing throughout the year.

The Big Bend Trail is a 14-mile segment of winter trail that is located in the White Mountains National Recreation Area. The primary access for the Colorado Creek Cabin is via a 1-mile trail segment from the Colorado Creek Trail...

Explore the 80-mile Black Canyon National Recreation Trail from Big Bug Trailhead north of Phoenix.

Whether you're into hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, photography, nature study or other fun activities, the 21,000-acre Big Horn Mountains Wilderness west of Phoenix has something for everyone.

Overview The gentle Yakima River winds for 27 miles through massive basalt cliffs and rolling desert hills between Ellensburg and Yakima, Washington. The Canyon offers excellent wildlife watching, plant viewing, fishing in a Blue Ribbon trout stream, family river rafting...

This isolated, spectacular mountain valley is a narrow canyon with a good dirt road that often provides exceptional opportunities to view bighorn sheep and other wildlife.

The 105-mile Big Sky Back Country Byway begins in Terry, MT, and travels north and south covering badlands and rolling prairies. The byway ends in Wolf Point, MT, on the beautiful Missouri River, part of the Lewis and Clark National...

Nestled among cream and chocolate colored hills, barren red cliffs, and towering rock spires lays a secret oasis: the Birch Creek Historic Ranch. Established in the early 1900s, the ingenuity and determination of a Basque sheepherder and a West Virginia...

The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is a rolling landscape of badlands which offers some of the most unusual scenery found in the Four Corners Region. Time and natural elements have etched a fantasy world of strange rock formations made of interbedded sandstone...

Overview The Bizz Johnson National Recreation Non-Motorized Trail follows the old Fernley and Lassen Branch Line of the Southern Pacific railroad, the trail winds 25.4 miles from Susanville, California to Mason Station. For the first 16 miles, the trail follows...

Explore the 80-mile Black Canyon National Recreation Trail from Black Canyon City Trailhead north of Phoenix.

A mysterious red pictograph (painted) panel accompanied by petroglyphs (pecked images) lies within Black Dragon Wash in the San Rafael Swell. Within a fenced area visitors may view several elongated human and animal like pictograph images attributed to the ancient...

Overview: The rocky outcrops that define the Black Hills Area of Environmental Concern (ACEC) are all that remains of an eroded dome of volcanic tuff, formed 4-7 million years ago near today's Christmas Valley, Oregon. Covered with hardy, low-growing plants...

Along the 21-mile-long Black Hills Back Country Byway, time travel back into the Old West. The byway journeys past the Black Hills Rockhound Area, Canyon Overlook Picnic Area and Owl Creek Campground.

The 1,200-acre Black River Recreation Area is managed to provide low-impact recreation and environmental education opportunities while maintaining a healthy river system and riparian habitat. This river corridor acts as a transition zone between the limestone foothills of the Guadalupe...

Know Before You Go This area is rugged and remote. Be prepared for backcountry travel. There is no cell phone signal and few, if any, other people nearby. Black Rock country is a land of extremes—the weather can be hot...

The Peña Blanca Wilderness Study Area is located in the south-central portion of New Mexico on the eastern edge of Las Cruces. The Peña Blanca rock shelters are the site of the earliest known cultivated corn in the United States...

You made it to a designated site along the Cascadia Marine Trail, our Nation's longest recreation water trail! Blind Island is a small, three-acre marine camping park located on the north side of Shaw Island. All of the campsites are...

Overview: The Bloody Shins Trail System offers dozens of multi-use trails for mountain biking, horseback riding, and hiking within convenient access from the neighborhoods of Winnemucca, Nevada. Camping: There are no designated campsites, but visitors can overnight RVs and trailers...

The Blucher Creek Campground is 74 miles from Rock Springs and 70 miles from Lander. This fee-free site is first come, first served. It features a safety structure, accessible picnic tables, accessible fire rings, and an accessible vault toilet. The...