Dogs on BLM lands.

The Bureau of Land Management runs much of the open West, and like the national forests it is mostly dog-friendly. Leashed dogs are welcome on most trails, with a 6-foot leash in developed areas and some wildlife closures. These are the named monuments, conservation areas, and recreation destinations, each verified.

78BLM units
72dog-friendly
6limited access
AZDog-friendly

Agua Fria National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
CADog-friendly

Alabama Hills National Scenic Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Scenic Area
CADog-friendly

Amboy Crater

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Natural Area
AZLimited access

Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness

Pets are not allowed anywhere in Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness, and dogs are also barred from the Nature Conservancy preserve that guards the access points. Leave your dog at home for this permit-only canyon.
Wilderness
NVDog-friendly

Avi Kwa Ame National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
AZDog-friendly

Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni - Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
NVDog-friendly

Basin and Range National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
UTDog-friendly

Bears Ears National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
UTDog-friendly

Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
CADog-friendly

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
NMDog-friendly

Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Wilderness
CADog-friendly

Bizz Johnson National Recreation Trail

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Recreation Trail
NVDog-friendly

Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
CODog-friendly

Browns Canyon National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
IDDog-friendly

Bruneau Canyon Overlook

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
CADog-friendly

California Coastal National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
CODog-friendly

Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
CALimited access

Carrizo Plain National Monument

Dogs are welcome on this grassland plain but must be leashed on a 6-foot leash at all developed sites, and they are banned entirely from the Painted Rock area. Wear current tags.
National Monument
ORDog-friendly

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
CADog-friendly

Chuckwalla National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
UTDog-friendly

Corona Arch Trail

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
CALimited access

Cosumnes River Preserve

This wildlife and wetland preserve does not allow pets. Only leashed service dogs are permitted, since loose dogs disturb the birds and other animals the preserve protects.
Preserve
CODog-friendly

Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
CADog-friendly

Dumont Dunes Off-Highway Vehicle Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
NMDog-friendly

El Malpais National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
CADog-friendly

El Mirage Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
UTDog-friendly

Fisher Towers Recreation Site

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
CADog-friendly

Fort Ord National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
NMDog-friendly

Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
UTDog-friendly

Gemini Bridges Recreation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
AZDog-friendly

Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
NVDog-friendly

Gold Butte National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
UTDog-friendly

Gooseberry Mesa

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
AZDog-friendly

Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
UTDog-friendly

Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
CODog-friendly

Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
CODog-friendly

Hartman Rocks Recreation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
CADog-friendly

Headwaters Forest Reserve

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Forest Reserve
CADog-friendly

Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
AZDog-friendly

Ironwood Forest National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
CADog-friendly

Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
UTDog-friendly

Jurassic National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
NMLimited access

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks does not allow pets. Only identifiable service animals are permitted, and dogs may not be left in parked vehicles because of the heat.
National Monument
WYDog-friendly

Killpecker Sand Dunes

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
CADog-friendly

King Range National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
AZDog-friendly

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
UTDog-friendly

Little Sahara Recreation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
CODog-friendly

McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
CADog-friendly

Mojave Trails National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
IDDog-friendly

Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
CODog-friendly

North Fruita Desert (18 Road)

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
NMDog-friendly

Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
CADog-friendly

Owens River Gorge

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
ORDog-friendly

Owyhee Canyonlands

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
CODog-friendly

Penitente Canyon

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
WYDog-friendly

Pilot Butte Wild Horse Scenic Loop

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Scenic Area
MTDog-friendly

Pompeys Pillar National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
NMDog-friendly

Prehistoric Trackways National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
CADog-friendly

Rainbow Basin Natural Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Natural Area
UTDog-friendly

Red Cliffs National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
NVDog-friendly

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
NMDog-friendly

Rio Grande del Norte National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
ORDog-friendly

Rogue National Wild and Scenic River

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Wild and Scenic River
WADog-friendly

San Juan Islands National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
AZDog-friendly

San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
UTDog-friendly

San Rafael Swell Recreation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
UTDog-friendly

Sand Flats Recreation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
NVDog-friendly

Sand Mountain Recreation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Recreation Area
CADog-friendly

Sand to Snow National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
CALimited access

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument

This is one of the few BLM units where dogs are genuinely restricted. Endangered Peninsular bighorn sheep react to dogs the way they react to coyotes, so most lower-elevation trails are closed to pets whether leashed or not.
National Monument
NVDog-friendly

Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Conservation Area
AZDog-friendly

Sonoran Desert National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
ORDog-friendly

Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Cooperative Management and Protection Area
ORLimited access

Table Rocks

These two flat-topped mesas near Medford are jointly managed by BLM and The Nature Conservancy and protect rare wildflowers and wildlife. Dogs are not allowed at all.
Recreation Area
CADog-friendly

Trona Pinnacles

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Natural Area
MTDog-friendly

Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
AZDog-friendly

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
National Monument
ORDog-friendly

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area

Leashed dogs welcome on most or all trails.
Outstanding Natural Area