US National Monuments

US National Monuments

National Monuments are some of America’s greatest treasures. There are 128 protected areas in the US that are currently considered as National Monuments. Criteria for the selection of National Monuments generally includes historical or archaeological significance.

These designations help keep the areas protected and available for anyone to enjoy. They also help direct travelers to amazing natural splendors and historic sites.

Related: National Parks, on the other hand, are selected based on the natural beauty, unique geological features, unusual ecosystems, and recreational opportunities.

United States National Monuments

  1. Admiralty Island, Alaska
  2. African Burial Ground National Park Service, New York
  3. Agate Fossil Beds National Park Service Nebraska
  4. Agua Fria Bureau of Land Management Arizona
  5. Alibates Flint Quarries, Texas
  6. Aniakchak National Park Service Alaska
  7. Aztec Ruins National Park Service New Mexico
  8. Bandelier National Park Service New Mexico
  9. Basin and Range, Nevada
  10. Bears Ears BLM, Utah
  11. Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality, Washington DC
  12. Berryessa Snow Mountain USFS, BLM California
  13. Birmingham Civil Rights National Park Service Alabama
  14. Booker T. Washington National Park Service Virginia
  15. Browns Canyon BLM, USFS Colorado
  16. Buck Island Reef National Park Service US Virgin Islands
  17. Cabrillo National Park Service California
  18. California Coastal Bureau of Land Management California
  19. Canyon de Chelly National Park Service Arizona
  20. Canyons of the Ancients Bureau of Land Management Colorado
  21. Cape Krusenstern National Park Service Alaska
  22. Capulin Volcano National Park Service New Mexico
  23. Carrizo Plain Bureau of Land Management California
  24. Casa Grande Ruins National Park Service Arizona
  25. Cascade–Siskiyou Bureau of Land Management Oregon, California
  26. Castillo de San Marcos National Park Service Florida
  27. Castle Clinton National Park Service New York
  28. Castle Mountains National Park Service California
  29. Cedar Breaks National Park Service Utah
  30. César E. Chávez National Park Service California
  31. Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Park Service Ohio
  32. Chimney Rock United States Forest Service Colorado
  33. Chiricahua National Park Service Arizona
  34. Colorado National Park Service Colorado
  35. Craters of the Moon NPS, BLM Idaho
  36. Devils Postpile National Park Service California
  37. Devils Tower National Park Service Wyoming
  38. Dinosaur National Park Service Colorado, Utah
  39. Effigy Mounds National Park Service Iowa
  40. El Malpais National Park Service New Mexico
  41. El Morro National Park Service New Mexico
  42. Florissant Fossil Beds National Park Service Colorado
  43. Fort Frederica National Park Service Georgia
  44. Fort Matanzas National Park Service Florida
  45. Fort McHenry National Park Service Maryland
  46. Fort Monroe National Park Service Virginia
  47. Fort Ord Bureau of Land Management California
  48. Fort Pulaski National Park Service Georgia
  49. Fort Stanwix National Park Service New York
  50. Fort Sumter National Park Service South Carolina
  51. Fort Union National Park Service New Mexico
  52. Fossil Butte National Park Service Wyoming
  53. Freedom Riders National Park Service Alabama
  54. George Washington Birthplace National Park Service Virginia
  55. George Washington Carver National Park Service Missouri
  56. Giant Sequoia United States Forest Service California
  57. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Park Service New Mexico
  58. Gold Butte Bureau of Land Management Nevada
  59. Governors Island National Park Service New York
  60. Grand Canyon-Parashant BLM, NPS Arizona
  61. Grand Portage National Park Service Minnesota
  62. Grand Staircase-Escalante Bureau of Land Management Utah
  63. Hagerman Fossil Beds National Park Service Idaho
  64. Hanford Reach, Washington
  65. Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad, Maryland
  66. Hohokam Pima National Park Service Arizona
  67. Homestead National Park Service Nebraska
  68. Honouliuli National Park Service Hawaii
  69. Hovenweep National Park Service Colorado, Utah
  70. Ironwood Forest Bureau of Land Management Arizona
  71. Jewel Cave National Park Service South Dakota
  72. John Day Fossil Beds National Park Service Oregon
  73. Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks Bureau of Land Management New Mexico
  74. Lava Beds, California
  75. Little Bighorn Battlefield National Park Service Montana
  76. Marianas Trench Marine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Guam
  77. Military Working Dog Teams, Texas
  78. Misty Fjords, Alaska
  79. Mojave Trails, California
  80. Montezuma Castle, Arizona
  81. Mount St. Helens United States Forest Service Washington
  82. Muir Woods National Park Service California
  83. Natural Bridges National Park Service Utah
  84. Navajo Nation, Arizona
  85. Newberry United States Forest Service Oregon
  86. Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine NOAA, FWS (Atlantic)
  87. Ocmulgee National Park Service Georgia
  88. Oregon Caves National Park Service Oregon
  89. Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Bureau of Land Management New Mexico
  90. Organ Pipe Cactus National Park Service Arizona
  91. Pacific Remote Islands Marine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service US Minor Outlying Islands
  92. Papahānaumokuākea Marine NOAA, FWS (Pacific)
  93. Petroglyph National Park Service New Mexico
  94. Pipe Spring National Park Service Arizona
  95. Pipestone National Park Service Minnesota
  96. Pompeys Pillar Bureau of Land Management Montana
  97. Poverty Point National Park Service Louisiana
  98. Prehistoric Trackways Bureau of Land Management New Mexico
  99. President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home, District of Columbia
  100. Pullman National Park Service Illinois
  101. Rainbow Bridge National Park Service Utah
  102. Reconstruction Era National Park Service South Carolina
  103. Río Grande del Norte Bureau of Land Management New Mexico
  104. Rose Atoll Marine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service American Samoa
  105. Russell Cave National Park Service Alabama
  106. Salinas Pueblo Missions National Park Service New Mexico
  107. San Gabriel Mountains United States Forest Service California
  108. San Juan Islands Bureau of Land Management Washington
  109. Sand to Snow BLM, USFS California
  110. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains, California
  111. Scotts Bluff National Park, Nebraska
  112. Sonoran Desert Bureau of Land Management, Arizona
  113. Statue of Liberty National Park Service New York, New Jersey
  114. Stonewall National Park Service, New York
  115. Sunset Crater Volcano National Park Service, Arizona
  116. Timpanogos Cave National Park Service Utah
  117. Tonto National Park Service, Arizona
  118. Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Park Service, Nevada
  119. Tuzigoot National Park Service, Arizona
  120. Upper Missouri River Breaks, Montana
  121. Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona
  122. Virgin Islands Coral Reef, US Virgin Islands
  123. Waco Mammoth, Texas
  124. Walnut Canyon, Arizona
  125. White Sands, New Mexico
  126. World War II Valor in the Pacific (in Hawaii, Alaska, and California)
  127. Wupatki, Arizona
  128. Yucca House, Colorado

US National Monuments Fun Facts

  • The above 128 National Monuments are located in 31 US States as well as in the District of Columbia, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Minor Outlying Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
  • Arizona has 18 national monuments, the largest number in any states, followed by California with 17 and New Mexico with 14.
  • Almost 65 national monuments protect places of natural significance, including 12 geological sites, 7 marine sites, and 5 volcanic sites.
  • 23 national monuments have major sites associated with Native Americans.
  • 33 national monuments are other historical sites, including 12 forts.

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