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==Government-owned land==
{{see also|Public land}}
The public has the right to access some but not all government-owned land. Wilderness areas are typically open for recreational use outside of military facilities. Some land owned by the government because it would otherwise be legally unowned is claimed as [[Indigenous land rights|the territory of Indigenous people]], in countries that were colonised.

===Crown land in Canada===
Much of [[Canada]] is [[Crown land]] owned by the [[Canadian province|provinces]]. Some is leased for commercial activity, such as forestry or mining, but on much of it there is free access for recreational activities like hiking, cycling, canoeing, cross-country skiing, horse back riding, and licensed hunting and fishing, etc. At the same time access can be restricted or limited for various reasons (e.g., to protect public safety or resources, including the protection of wild plants and animals).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ontario.ca/page/crown-land|access-date=2023-01-02|website=ontario.ca | title = Crown land | date= 2021 | orig-date= 2015}}</ref>
In the [[Canadian Territories]] Crown land is administered by the [[Canadian federal Government|Canadian Federal Government]]. [[Canadian National Parks]] have been created from Crown land and are also administered by the Federal Government. There are also [[provincial park]]s and [[nature reserve]]s that have been similarly created. The [[Indigenous peoples in Canada]] may have specific rights on Crown land established under treaties signed when Canada was a British colony, and have claimed ownership of some Crown land.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ontario.ca/page/declaration-order-algonquin-land-claim| title = Declaration Order: Algonquin Land Claim |work= ontario.ca | date= 2007}}</ref>

===Crown land in Australia===
Much of Australia's land area, including most land below the mean high water mark is [[Crown land]], which is administered by the [[Australian states]]. Much consists of [[pastoral leases]], [[Aboriginal land rights in Australia|land owned and run by Aboriginal people]] (e.g. [[APY lands]]), and "unallocated" Crown land. Access to the latter is normally permitted for recreational purposes, though motorized vehicles are required to follow roads and to be registered and insured.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lands.wa.gov.au/Crown-Land/Pages/default.aspx|title=Crown Land|archive-date=13 November 2016| archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20161113120016/http://www.lands.wa.gov.au/Crown-Land/Pages/default.aspx | work = Department of Lands | publisher= Government of Western Australia}}</ref>

===Public land in the US===
Most state and federally managed [[public lands]] are open for recreational use. Recreation opportunities depend on the managing agency, and run the gamut from the free-for-all, undeveloped wide open spaces of the [[Bureau of Land Management]] lands to the highly developed and controlled [[US national parks]] and [[state park]]s. Wildlife refuges and state wildlife management areas, managed primarily to improve [[Habitat (ecology)|habitat]], are generally open to wildlife watching, hiking, and hunting, except for closures to protect mating and nesting, or to reduce stress on wintering animals. [[United States National Forest|National forests]] generally have a mix of maintained trails and roads, wilderness and undeveloped portions, and developed picnic and camping areas.