Cross Bar Management Area

A hidden gem lies just north of Amarillo – nearly twelve thousand acres of BLM-managed public land known as the Cross Bar Management Area (CBMA). Approximately fifteen miles northwest of Amarillo, Texas, the BLM administers 11,883 acres of surface estate on the Cross Bar. The Cross Bar is the only BLM-managed surface estate in Texas. Since 1996, the BLM has been diligently investing and improving public recreation opportunities on these lands. Additional work will need to be accomplished prior to the BLM Oklahoma Field Office (OFO) fulfilling its land management duties. The Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas Final Joint Environmental Impact Statement, BLM Resource Management Plan (OKT RMP) was approved March 11, 2020- officially designating 9,900-acres of the CBMA as a BLM Special Recreation Management Area (SRMA).