Lands of America data shows $1 billion in land for sale for sale in New Mexico. This represents a total of 1.1 million acres of New Mexico land for sale (accounting for about one percent of land in the state). Of the 33 counties in the state, Lincoln County had the most land and acreage for sale. The most expensive land listed for sale in New Mexico on Lands of America recently was $35 million, while the median price for land and ranches for sale in New Mexico came in at $377,481. The average price of land, homesites and other rural acreage for sale in New Mexico was $866,981. There was 58,610 acres of sold land in New Mexico recorded in August 2018 through the Lands of America sales program. This reflects a six percent increase in sales activity over the previous month. The total value of this sold land and rural real estate was $6.2 million. Lincoln County recorded the most land sales recently in the state. The Bureau of Land Management oversees most outdoor recreation on over 13 million acres of New Mexico land. Popular activities include hunting, fishing, horseback riding and OHVing (indeed, an all-terrain vehicle is a necessity in many areas given the tough, rugged terrain). With numerous opportunities to hunt species including deer, boar and wild turkey, hunting land was the most common type of land for sale in New Mexico. New Mexico is the fifth-biggest state in the United States, covering an area of 121,598 square miles (78 million acres). In its entirety, 121,298 square miles (100 percent) is land, while the remaining 292 square miles is covered by water.