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Free National Mobile Map Package (MMPK) Program

The Enterprise Geospatial Services Team believes you should have access to the data your taxes pay to create in a modern format, usable offline, for free. The BLM National Recreation MMPK program is an evolution of the BLM New Mexico Hunting/Recreation Map system, which provided offline data for New Mexico in an award-winning program for nine years.

Anyone can download statewide MMPK files from Field Maps WITHOUT an account. These files work with no data connection and show your location on top of various BLM data with a recreation focus. Currently the western 18 BLM states are being individually produced, with plans to increase to all 50 states (and possibly territories) soon. These map files will be updated quarterly in a semi-automated process.

If you'd like to try BLM's Recreation Mobile Map Packages, follow these steps.

  1. Download the ArcGIS Field Maps app from the Google Play Store for Android or Apple App Store for iOS
  2. Open the app and grant the location permissions it requests. If you do not approve location permissions, your GPS functions will not work
  3. Tap 'SKIP sign in' at the bottom (you do not need an account to use these)
  4. Tap the search bar/button at the top/top right
  5. Search for BLM MMPK
  6. Scroll to find the state or states you want to download
  7. Tap on the download icon on the right. A blue circle will show the download process
  8. Once downloaded, tap on it to open,
  9. Explore the data within!

Downloaded files will ‘soft expire’ in 93 days from production with a warning notice when opening the file to download the latest version. Downloaded maps will still work in the meantime, but the warning will present every time you open the map. Please download updates as soon as possible.

Included Datasets:

Identify who manages the lands around you

  • Surface Management Agency
    • Federal Bureau
      • Bureau of Land Management
      • National Park Service
      • Department of Energy
      • Bureau of Reclamation
      • Department of Defense
      • US Fish and Wildlife Service
      • Reservations
      • US Forest Service
      • Other Federal
    • Private (no owner data)
    • Local Government
    • State
  • Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
    • Township/Range
    • Sections

Recreation related datasets

  • BLM Recreation Sites
    • Campgrounds
    • Parking Areas
    • Ranger Stations
    • Picnic Areas
    • Restrooms
    • Trailheads
    • Recreation Management Areas
    • Much more
  • National Conservation Lands
    • National Conservation Areas (NCA)
    • National Monuments
    • Wilderness boundaries
    • Wilderness Study Area (WSA) boundaries
    • Wild and Scenic Rivers
    • National Scenic & Historic Trails (NSHT)

Base Layer

  • Esri’s Navigation Basemap
    • Roads
    • Building Footprints
    • Parks and Forests
    • Streams, Rivers, Ponds, and Lakes

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How do I change from Metric to standard measurement units?
  1. Open Field Maps. If in a map, back out to the main screen.
  2. Tap on the user icon at the top right
  3. Tap on UNITS
  4. Tap on Measurement Units
  5. Select the unit of your choice for each selection under that if desired
2. How can I use this with Imagery or Topo maps?

MMPK files contain all data for offline use. Raster data (imagery and topo maps) are very large files and having those in the MMPK files would make them extremely large to download. We have limited file space to host these.

We are looking at other solutions to provide features like this and working with ESRI to enable work arounds for their use.

3. Can I get THIS dataset added?

We understand, and we probably do as well. Since this is a national program, we are starting with national datasets, as we would like the same data to be available to all users. There are not standardized datasets for some of the data requested, so smaller local datasets may be added in the future to each state as available. Other datasets like Hunting Units are not BLM products, but we are looking at how we can provide them for use. This will require coordination between individual state Game and Fish departments and BLM.

Requested datasets:

  • Trails
  • Gates/Fences
  • Hunting Units
4. There are some conflicting colors between the base layer and SMA data, can you fix this?

We are actively working on adjusting and turning off some of the data provided by ESRI for the next iterations of these maps to fix this issue.