National Monuments Across the U.S.

A Free Guide to Discovering the Wonders of U.S. National Monuments:

Let us be your guide to discovering these natural wonders. What you'll find here is an alphabetical listing of all our natural national monuments within the 50 states, with links to the official site of each national monument.

Six federal agencies (including the National Park Service, the Forestry Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Fish and Wildlife Service) manage the U.S. national monuments located 27 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.

Alphabetical List of U.S. Natural National Monuments in U.S. States: Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah

  • Admiralty Island National Monument. Location: Arkansas. Established: 1978. [Official Site]
  • Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Location: Nebraska. Established: 1965. [Official Site]
  • Agua Fria National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 2000. [Official Site]
  • Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument. Location: Texas. Established: 1965. [Official Site]
  • Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve. Location: Alaska. Established: 1978. [Official Site]
  • Aztec Ruins National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 1923. [Official Site]


  • Bandelier National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 1916. [Official Site]
  • Browns Canyon National Monument. Location: Colorado. Established: 2015. [Official Site]


  • Cabrillo National Monument. Location: California. Established: 1913. [Official Site]
  • California Coastal National Monument. Location: California. Established: 2000. [Official Site]
  • Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1931. [Official Site]
  • Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Location: Colorado. Established: 2000. [Official Site]
  • Cape Krusenstern National Monument. Location: Alaska. Established: 1978. [Official Site]
  • Capulin Volcano National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 1916. [Official Site]
  • Carrizo Plain National Monument. Location: California. Established: 2001. [Official Site]
  • Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1918. [Official Site]
  • Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Location: Oregon. Established: 2000. [Official Site]
  • Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Location: Florida. Established: 1924. [Official Site]
  • Castle Clinton National Monument. Location: New York. Established: 1946. [Official Site]
  • Cedar Breaks National Monument. Location: Utah. Established: 1933. [Official Site]
  • Chimney Rock National Monument. Location: Colorado. Established: 2012. [Official Site]
  • Chiricahua National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1924. [Official Site]
  • Colorado National Monument. Location Colorado. Established: 1911. [Official Site]
  • Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. Location: Idaho. Established: 2000. [Official Site]


    • Colorado National Monument, Colorado

  • Devils Postpile National Monument. Location: California. Established: 1911. [Official Site]
  • Devils Tower National Monument. Location: Wyoming. Established: 1906. [Official Site]
  • Dinosaur National Monument. Location: Colorado, Utah. Established: 1915. [Official Site]


  • Effigy Mounds National Monument. Location: Iowa. Established: 1949. [Official Site]
  • El Malpais National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 1987. [Official Site]
  • El Morro National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 1906
    • [Official Site]


  • Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. Location: Colorado. Established: 1969. [Official Site]
  • Fort Matanzas National Monument. Location: Florida. Established: 1924. [Official Site]
  • Fort Ord National Monument. Location: California. Established: 2012. [Official Site]
  • Fort Union National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 1956. [Official Site]
  • Fort Sumter National Monument. Location: South Carolina. Established: 1948. [Official Site]
  • Fossil Butte National Monument. Location: Wyoming. Established: 1972. [Official Site]


  • Giant Sequoia National Monument. Location: California. Established: 2000. [Official Site]
  • Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 1907. [Official Site]
  • Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 2000. [Official Site]
  • Grand Portage National Monument. Location: Minnesota. Established: 1958. [Official Site]
  • Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Location: Utah. Established: 1996. [Official Site]


    • Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Arizona

  • Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument. Location: Idaho. Established: 1988. [Official Site]
  • Hanford Reach National Monument. Location: Washington. Established: 2000. [Official Site]
  • Hohokam Pima National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1972. [Official Site]
  • Homestead National Monument. Location: Nebraska. Established: 1936. [Official Site]
  • Hovenweep National Monument. Location: Colorado, Utah. Established: 1923. [Official Site]


  • Ironwood Forest National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 2000. [Official Site]


  • Jewel Cave National Monument. Location: South Dakota. Established: 1908. [Official Site]
  • John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Location: Oregon. Established: 1974. [Official Site]


  • Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: Established: 2001. [Official Site]


  • Lava Beds National Monument. Location: California. Established: 1925. [Official Site]


  • Misty Fjords National Monument. Location: Alaska. Established: 1978
  • Montezuma Castle National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1906. [Official Site]
  • Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument. Location: Washington. Established: 1989. [Official Site]
  • Muir Woods National Monument. Location: California. Established: 1908. [Official Site]


    • John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon

  • Natural Bridges National Monument. Location: Utah. Established: 1908. [Official Site]
  • Navajo National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1909. [Official Site]
  • Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Location: Oregon. Established: 1990. [Official Site]


  • Ocmulgee National Monument. Location: Georgia. Established: 1934. [Official Site]
  • Oregon Caves National Monument. Location: Oregon. Established: 1909. [Official Site]
  • Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 2014. [Official Site]
  • Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1937. [Official Site]


  • Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Location: Hawaii. Established: 2009. [Official Site]
  • Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Location: Hawaii. Established: 2006. [Official Site]
  • Petroglyph National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 1990. [Official Site]
  • Pinnacles National Monument. Location: California. Established: 1908. [Official Site]
  • Pipe Spring National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1923. [Official Site]
  • Pipestone National Monument. Location: Minnesota. Established: 1937. [Official Site]
  • Pompeys Pillar National Monument. Location: Montana. Established: 2001. [Official Site]
  • Poverty Point National Monument. Location: Louisiana. Established: 1988. [Official Site]
  • Prehistoric Trackways National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 2009. [Official Site]


  • Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Location: Utah. Established: 1910. [Official Site]
  • Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 2013. [Official Site]
  • Russell Cave National Monument. Location: Alabama. Established: 1961. [Official Site]


  • Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 1909. [Official Site]
  • San Juan Islands National Monument. Location: Washington. Established: 2013. [Official Site]
  • Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. Location: California. Established: 2000. [Official Site]
  • Scotts Bluff National Monument. Location: Nebraska. Established: 1919. [Official Site]
  • Sonoran Desert National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 2001. [Official Site]
  • Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1930. [Official Site]


    • Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah

  • Timpanogos Cave National Monument. Location: Utah. Established: 1922. [Official Site]
  • Tonto National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1907. [Official Site]
  • Tuzigoot National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1939. [Official Site]


  • Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. Location: Montana. Established: 2001. [Official Site]


  • Vermilion Cliffs National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 2000. [Official Site]


  • Walnut Canyon National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1915. [Official Site]
  • White Sands National Monument. Location: New Mexico. Established: 1933. [Official Site]
  • Wupatki National Monument. Location: Arizona. Established: 1924. [Official Site]


  • Yucca House National Monument. Location: Colorado. Established: 1919. [Official Site]