Public Forests - National and State
| Forest Name |
Size in Acres |
County | Comments |
| Shawnee National Forest |
265,616 |
Pope Jackson Union Hardin Alexander Saline Gallation Johnson Massac |
Reforested by CCC in the 1940s |
| Beall Woods State Park |
635 | Wabash | Virgin hardwoods, nature preserve |
| Big River State Forest |
2,900 | Henderson | Converted to pine forest |
| Hidden Springs State Forest |
1,200 | Shelby | Actively managed, oak-hickory-pine |
| Lowden-Miller State Forest |
2,291 | Ogle | Actively managed, oak-pine |
| Sand Ridge State Forest |
7,200 | Mason | Oak-hickory-pine |
| Sielbeck Forest Natural Area |
385 | Massac Pope Johnson |
Virgin bottomland oak-cypress |
| Trail of Tears State Forest |
5,114 | Union | Actively managed, oak-hickory |
| Union County State Forest |
2,950 | Union | Timber, brush, prairie |
| White Pines Forest State Park |
385 | Ogle | Pine |