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.