Looked into the national forest thing. . . Cherokee has several ranges. I guess what I meant was (perhaps I'm misunderstanding the situation out there), but it seems people in the big flat western states can just go out into BLM managed land and shoot in the desert. Is there anything like that here?
My goal would be to get off a "flat" range into more natural settings to practice shooting at different elevations, etc. Don't know anyone with enough land to do that on private land. The other half of the goal would be carrying all of the shooting gear while camping, sort of getting used to the weight.
Maybe backpacking into where the ranges in Cherokee are would be the best bet; it would cover the second goal anyway.