Environment Planet Earth Complete List of American National Forests By Steve Nix Writer University of Georgia Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. our editorial process Steve Nix Updated April 01, 2019 Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Danita Delimont/Getty Images Share Twitter Pinterest Email Planet Earth Outdoors Weather Conservation There are 154 United States National Forests in 41 states. Each one is under the supervision of the U.S. Forest Service, which falls under the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is composed of several ranger districts. The person in charge of a national forest is called the forest supervisor. The district rangers from the districts within a forest work for the forest supervisor. The headquarters of a national forest is called the supervisor's office. This level coordinates activities between districts allocate the budget and provide technical support to each district. 1 of 41 Alabama National Forests Talladega National Forest in Alabama. Wirepec/Getty Images Alabama has four national forests: Conecuh National ForestTalladega National ForestTuskegee National ForestWilliam B. Bankhead National Forest Alabama manages six state forests: Choccolocco State ForestHauss State ForestGeneva State ForestLittle River State ForestMacon State ForestWeogufka State Forest 2 of 41 Alaska National Forests Chugach National Forest in Alaska. Carl R. Battreall/Getty Images Alaska has two national forests: Chugach National ForestTongass National Forest Alaska manages three state forests: Haines State ForestSoutheast State ForestTanana Valley State Forest 3 of 41 Arizona National Forests Coconino National Forest in Arizona. Stephen J. Krasemann/Getty Images Arizona has six national forests: Apache-Sitgreaves National ForestCoconino National ForestCoronado National ForestKaibab National ForestPrescott National ForestTonto National Forest 4 of 41 Arkansas National Forests Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. ovoworks/Getty Images Arkansas has two national forests: Ouachita National ForestOzark-St. Francis National Forest 5 of 41 California National Forests Angeles National Forest in California. Danita Delimont/Getty Images California has 18 national forests: Angeles National ForestCleveland National ForestEldorado National ForestInyo National ForestKlamath National ForestLake Tahoe Basin Management AreaLassen National ForestLos Padres National ForestMendocino National ForestModoc National ForestPlumas National ForestSan Bernardino National ForestSequoia National ForestShasta-Trinity National ForestSierra National ForestSix Rivers National ForestStanislaus National ForestTahoe National Forest California has eight state forests: Boggs Mountain Demonstration State ForestEllen Pickett State ForestJackson Demonstration State ForestLas Posadas State ForestLaTour Demonstration State ForestMountain Home Demonstration State ForestMount Zion Demonstration State ForestSoquel Demonstration State Forest 6 of 41 Colorado National Forests Pike National Forest in Colorado. Ronda Kimbrow Photography/Getty Images Colorado has 11 national forests: Arapaho National ForestGrand Mesa National ForestGunnison National ForestPike National ForestRio Grande National ForestRoosevelt National ForestMedicine Bow-Routt National ForestSan Isabel National ForestSan Juan National ForestUncompahgre National ForestWhite River National Forest 7 of 41 Florida National Forests Ocala National Forest in Florida. Peter Essick/Getty Images Florida has three national forests: Apalachicola National ForestOcala National ForestOsceola National Forest 8 of 41 Georgia National Forests Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in Georgia. USFS Georgia has one national forest: Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest 9 of 41 Idaho National Forests Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho. Witold Skrypczak/Getty Images Idaho has 11 national forests: Boise National ForestCaribou-Targhee National ForestClearwater National ForestIdaho Panhandle National Forests: Coeur d'Alene, Kaniksu, and St. Joe National ForestsNez Perce National ForestPayette National ForestSalmon-Challis National ForestSawtooth National ForestUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest 10 of 41 Illinois National Forests Shawnee National Forest in Illinois. Todd Ryburn Photography/Getty Images Illinois has one national forest: Shawnee National Forest Illinois manages five state forests: Big River State ForestHidden Springs State ForestLowden-Miller State ForestSand Ridge State ForestTrail of Tears State Forest 11 of 41 Indiana National Forests Hoosier National Forest in Indiana. dancingnomad3/Flickr/CC BY-ND 2.0 Indiana has one national forest: Hoosier National Forest Indiana has 16 state forests: Clark State ForestDeam Lake State Recreation AreaFerdinand State ForestFrances Slocum State ForestGreene-Sullivan State ForestHarrison-Crawford State ForestJackson-Washington State ForestMartin State ForestMorgan-Monroe State ForestOwen-Putnam State ForestPike State ForestSalamonie River State ForestSelmier State ForestSpencer County State ForestStarve Hollow State Recreation AreaYellowwood State Forest 12 of 41 Kentucky National Forests Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. Danita Delimont/Getty Images Kentucky has three national forests: Daniel Boone National ForestGeorge Washington and Jefferson National ForestsLand Between the Lakes National Recreation Area Kentucky has seven state forests: Dewey Lake State ForestKentenia State ForestKentucky Ridge State ForestKnobs State ForestOlympia State ForestPennyrile State ForestTygarts State Forest 13 of 41 Louisiana National Forests Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. John Elk III/Getty Images Louisiana has one national forest: Kisatchie National Forest Louisiana has one state forest: Alexander State Forest 14 of 41 Maine National Forests White Mountain National Forest in Maine. DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images Maine has one national forest: White Mountain National Forest Maine has one state forest: Durham State Forest 15 of 41 Michigan National Forests Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan. Danita Delimont/Getty Images Michigan has three national forests: Hiawatha National ForestHuron-Manistee National ForestOttawa National Forest 16 of 41 Minnesota National Forests Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota. Phil Schermeister/Getty Images Minnesota has two national forests: Chippewa National Forest Superior National Forest 17 of 41 Mississippi National Forests De Soto National Forest in Mississippi. woodlot/Flickr/CC BY-SA 3.0 Mississippi has six national forests: Bienville National ForestDelta National ForestDe Soto National ForestHolly Springs National ForestHomochitto National ForestTombigbee National Forest 18 of 41 Missouri National Forests Highway 19 through Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. Ionas Kaltenbach/Getty Images Missouri has one national forest: Mark Twain National Forest 19 of 41 Montana National Forests Lewis and Clark National Forest in Montana. Danita Delimont/Getty Images Montana has nine national forests: Beaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBitterroot National ForestCuster National ForestFlathead National ForestGallatin National ForestHelena National ForestKootenai National ForestLewis and Clark National ForestLolo National Forest 20 of 41 Nebraska National Forests Nebraska National Forest. Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain Nebraska has two national forest: Nebraska National ForestSamuel R. McKelvie National Forest 21 of 41 Nevada National Forests Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada. Danita Delimont/Getty Images Nevada has one national forest: Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest 22 of 41 New Hampshire National Forests White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire. Danita Delimont/Getty Images New Hampshire has one national forest: White Mountain National Forest 23 of 41 New Mexico National Forests Gila National Forest in New Mexico. Greg Newington/Getty Images New Mexico has five national forests: Carson National ForestCibola National ForestGila National ForestLincoln National ForestSanta Fe National Forest 24 of 41 New York National Forests Finger Lakes National Forest in New York. PxHere New York has one national forest: Finger Lakes National Forest 25 of 41 North Carolina National Forests Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina. Danita Delimont/Getty Images North Carolina has five national forests: Cherokee National ForestCroatan National ForestNantahala National ForestPisgah National ForestUwharrie National Forest 26 of 41 Ohio National Forests Wayne National Forest in Ohio. USDA/Flickr/CC0 Ohio has one national forest: Wayne National Forest 27 of 41 Oklahoma National Forests Ouachita National Forest in Oklahoma. raksyBH/Getty Images Oklahoma has one national forest: Ouachita National Forest 28 of 41 Oregon National Forests Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon. Image Source/Getty Images Oregon has 12 national forests: Deschutes National ForestFremont-Winema National ForestKlamath National ForestMalheur National ForestMount Hood National ForestOchoco National ForestRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestSiuslaw National ForestUmatilla National ForestUmpqua National ForestWallowa-Whitman National ForestWillamette National Forest 29 of 41 Pennsylvania National Forests Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania. PxHere Pennsylvania has one national forest: Allegheny National Forest 30 of 41 Puerto Rico National Forests El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico. Wade Eakle/Getty Images Puerto Rico has one national forest: El Yunque National Forest 31 of 41 South Carolina National Forests Francis Marion National Forest in South Carolina. Daniel Barcelona/Flickr/CC BY-SA 3.0 South Carolina has two national forests: Francis Marion National ForestSumter National Forest 32 of 41 South Dakota National Forests The Mount Rushmore National Memorial in the Black Hills National Forest. Walter Bibikow/Getty Images South Dakota has one national forest: Black Hills National Forest 33 of 41 Tennessee National Forests Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee. Danita Delimont/Getty Images Tennessee has one national forest: Cherokee National Forest 34 of 41 Texas National Forests Angelina National Forest in Texas. US Forest Service/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0 Texas has four national forests: Angelina National ForestDavy Crockett National ForestSabine National ForestSam Houston National Forest 35 of 41 Utah National Forests Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah. Kyle Ledeboer/Getty Images Utah has five national forests: Ashley National ForestDixie National ForestFishlake National ForestManti-LaSal National ForestUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest 36 of 41 Vermont National Forests Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont. Mark Newman/Getty Images Vermont has one national forest: Green Mountain National Forest 37 of 41 Virginia National Forests Jefferson National Forest in Virginia. Joshua Moore/Getty Images Virginia has one national forest: George Washington and Jefferson National Forests 38 of 41 Washington National Forests Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington. Michael Wheatley/Getty Images Washington has five national forests: Colville National ForestGifford Pinchot National ForestMount Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestOlympic National Forest 39 of 41 West Virginia National Forests Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. Geoff Gallice/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 West Virginia has two national forests: George Washington and Jefferson National ForestsMonongahela National Forest 40 of 41 Wisconsin National Forests Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin. Don Johnston/Getty Images Wisconsin has one national forest: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest 41 of 41 Wyoming National Forests Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. Art Wolfe/Getty Images Wyoming has eight national forests: Ashley National ForestBighorn National ForestBlack Hills National ForestBridger-Teton National ForestCaribou-Targhee National ForestMedicine Bow–Routt National ForestShoshone National ForestUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest