Lands of America recently had $1 billion in rural property, ranches and hunting land for sale in the Gateway State. This represents 256,000 acres of land for sale in Missouri. The most expensive land listed for sale on Lands of America recently was $12 million, although the median price for land, ranches and farms in Missouri was $336,070. The average price of land for sale in Missouri was $509,238. Based on comps submitted through the Lands of America Comparable Sales program last month, Missouri is among the country's top five states for land sold during the month. This reflects an increase in sales activity over data from the previous reporting period. The Show-Me State might as well be the Show-Off State when it comes to outdoor recreation. Missouri's sprawling Mark Twain National Forest has 1.4 million acres of land open to public hunting, in addition to numerous state conservation areas as well as private land available to hunt. Missouri is also home to the country's longest rail-trail conversion, the 240-mile Katy Trail and which follows the course of the Missouri River. In terms of size, Missouri is the country's 21st-largest state, covering an area of 69,709 square miles (45 million acres). Of this area, 68,742 square miles (99 percent) of the state is land, while the remaining 965 square miles comprises water. Less than ten percent of land in Missouri is public land (i.e. national and state parks, national forests, BLM land). As befits a state with excellent hunting for big and small game like deer, waterfowl and wild turkey, hunting land was the most common type of land for sale in Missouri. Of the 115 counties in Missouri, Texas County had the most land and rural real estate for sale.