National Forests

There are currently 154 National Forests in the United States, all of which are managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The first National Forest was established in 1891, and today, there are over 188,391,233 acres of National Forests. This is page one of the National Forest fact boxes.  To visit the US Forest Service Website, click here To view page two, click here To view page three, click here Alabama National Forests Fact Box Conecuh Andalusia, Alabama Established 1936 83,861 acres Fact Box Tuskegee Tuskegee, Alabama Established 1959 11,349 acres Fact Box Talladega Talladega, Alabama Established 1936 393,006 acres Fact Box William B. Bankhead Decatur, Alabama Established 1918 182,001 acres Alaska National Forests Fact Box Tongass Alaska Panhandle, Alaska Established 1907 16,818,538 acres Fact Box Chugach Anchorage, Alaska Established 1907 6,908,540 acres Arizona National Forests Fact Box Tonto (image from fs.usda.gov) Payson, Arizona Established 1905 2,873,200 acres Fact Box Prescott Prescott, AZ Established 1898 1,256,817 acres Fact Box Coconino Flagstaff, Arizona Established 1908 1,856,038 acres Fact Box Kaibab Williams, Arizona Established 1909 1,600,000 acres Fact Box Coronado (AZ & NM) Tucson, Arizona Established 1902 1,780,000 acres Fact Box Apache-Sitgreaves (AZ & NM) Springerville, Arizona 2,761,386 acres Arkansas National Forests Fact Box Ozark-St. Francis Russellville, Arkansas Established 1908 1,159,801 acres Fact Box Ouachita (AR & OK) Hot Springs, Arkansas Established 1907 1,784,457 acres California National Forests Fact Box Cleveland Ramona, California Established 1893 460,800 acres Fact Box San Bernardino San Bernardino, California Established 1893 678,671 acres Fact Box Angeles Arcadia, California Established 1893 655,387 acres Fact Box Los Padres Santa Barbara, California Established 1936 1,900,800 acres Fact Box Sequoia Bakersfield, California Established 1908 1,193,315 acres Fact Box Sierra Oakhurst, California Established 1893 1,300,000 acres Fact Box Stanislaus Sonora, California Established 1897 898,099 acres Fact Box Eldorado Placerville, California Established 1910 596,724 acres Fact Box Tahoe Truckee, California Established 1905 871,495 acres Fact Box Mendocino Willows, California Established 1907 913,306 acres Fact Box Plumas Quincy, California Established 1907 1,100,000 acres Fact Box Lassen Susanville, California Established 1905 1,070,344 acres Fact Box Six Rivers Crescent City, California Established 1947 957,590 acres Fact Box Shasta-Trinity Redding, California Established 1954 2,209,832 acres Fact Box Modoc Alturas, California Established 1904 1,654,392 acres Fact Box Inyo (CA & NV) Bishop, California Established 1907 1,903,381 acres Fact Box Klamath (CA & OR) Yreka, California Established 1905 1,737,774 acres Colorado National Forests Fact Box San Juan Durango, Colorado Established 1905 1,878,846 acres Fact Box Rio Grande Alamosa, Colorado Established 1908 1,860,000 acres Fact Box Uncompahgre Montrose, Colorado Established 1905 955,229 acres Fact Box San Isabel Pueblo, Colorado Established 1902 1,120,233 acres Fact Box Gunnison Gunnison, Colorado Established 1905 1,672,136 acres Fact Box Grand Mesa Grand Junction, Colorado Established 1892 346,555 acres Fact Box Pike Colorado Springs, Colorado Established 1892 1,106,604 acres Fact Box White River Glenwood Springs, Colorado Established 1902 2,285,970 acres Fact Box Arapaho Denver, Colorado Established 1908 723,744 acres Fact Box Roosevelt Fort Collins, Colorado Established 1897 813,799 acres Fact Box Medicine Bow-Routt (CO & WY) Cheyenne, Wyoming Established 1902 2,222,313 acres Florida National Forests Fact Box Ocala Ocala, Florida Established 1908 430,447 acres Fact Box Apalachicola Tallahassee, Florida Established 1936 632,890 acres Fact Box Osceola Olustee, Florida Established 1931 190,932 acres Georgia National Forests Fact Box Chattahoochee-Oconee Athens, Georgia Established 1936 866,468 acres National Forests (page two)