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What Color is BLM Land on Google Maps?

22415 views 33 July 19, 2020 Updated on July 15, 2022

Google Maps does not have a color for BLM land. However you can use Google Maps to help you pinpoint BLM campsites, and to find other BLM areas. Google Maps will also let you place a pin on a campsite and then give you driving directions there.

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Google maps has no special colors or lines for BLM land

What Color is BLM Land on Google Maps?

Google Maps does not use color to distinguish to jurisdictions, with the exception of cities, military areas, and Indian reservations. Instead, BLM lands, as well as forests and parks are identified by angular boundaries. The shades of white, tan, brown, and green are used to identify variances of vegetation, trees, and soil compositions.

  • Not all BLM lands are represented by angular boundaries. The only BLM lands identified by angular boundaries are national monuments.

Use FreeRoam to Find All BLM Lands

You can find free BLM lands using another camping app called, “FreeRoam“. FreeRoam contains BLM land boundaries, and it links these locations to Google Maps so that you can save places and get turn-by-turn driving directions.

  1. Install FreeRoam to Your Phone or Tablet

    FreeRoam is available on both Google Play and Apple App Store. FreeRoam is completely free, and it contains no ads, despite what Google Play says.

  2. Tap on the Layers Icon to enable both “BLM Land” and “Satellite”

    You will now see orange shaded areas laid over a satellite map. These orange shaded areas are BLM lands. You can camp for free on these lands, as long as there is a public road leading into these lands.

  3. Look for Roads Leading into BLM Lands

    Follow these roads until you see a clearing where you can pull your vehicle off to and camp. You’ve now found free BLM camping.

How to Use FreeRoam and Google Maps Together

Google Maps Shows Locations of Certain BLM Areas

Google Maps will display pin markers of certain BLM areas…

  • Developed campgrounds
  • BLM field offices
  • Visitor centers
  • OHV areas

But there is no way to find all of these BLM areas easily. Google’s naming convention is woefully inconsistent, and still relies heavily on crowdsourcing. You can try searching Google Maps for “BLM” or “OHV” and hope for the best.

For More About Google Maps and BLM Lands

  • What Do the Different Colors Mean on Google Maps?
  • BLM Land Maps – Where to Find Them
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3 thoughts on “What Color is BLM Land on Google Maps?”
  • Mary MacGowan says:
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    Very helpful, thanks!

    March 10, 2021 at 8:08 am
  • Crystal says:
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    Thanks a bunch!

    May 6, 2022 at 6:30 pm
  • Dave Thompson says:
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    No FreeRoam in the app store that I found.

    January 12, 2023 at 3:09 pm
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