While it may be just the seventh largest state, Nevada is the king of public lands in the contiguous U.S. More than 48 million acres of Nevada is public land.
As the largest public land manager in Nevada, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages national monuments and national conservation areas, national scenic and historic trails, and more than 50 wilderness areas.
Only Alaska has more public land, but as the BLM’s Nevada Recreation Program Lead Miles Gurtler points out, Nevada still has an advantage.“A lot of Nevada areas, you can drive to,” he notes. “In Alaska they're much harder to reach.