Thirteen U.S. schools have been named for Burroughs, including public elementary schools in Washington, D.C.; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Minneapolis, Minnesota; public middle schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Los Angeles; a public high school in Burbank, California, and a private secondary school, John Burroughs School, in St. Louis, Missouri. Burroughs Mountain in Mount Rainier National Park is named in his honor, as is Burroughs Creek in St. Louis County, Missouri.