United States National Monuments List

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National Monuments are some of America's greatest treasures. 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. Use this list and the map beneath it as a guide for your next road trip!


Name Agency State Year Est.
Admiralty Island National Park Service Alaska 1978
African Burial Ground National Park Service New York 2006
Agate Fossil Beds National Park Service Nebraska 1997
Agua Fria Bureau of Land Management Arizona 2000
Aleutian Islands World War II U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Alaska 2019
Alibates Flint Quarries National Park Service Texas 1965
Aniakchak National Park Service Alaska 1978
Avi Kwa Ame Bureau of Land Management Nevada 2023
Aztec Ruins National Park Service New Mexico 1923
Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon BLM, USFS Arizona 2023
Bandelier National Park Service New Mexico 1916
Basin and Range Bureau of Land Management Nevada 2015
Bears Ears BLM, USFS Utah 2016
Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Park Service Washington DC 2016
Berryessa Snow Mountain USFS, BLM California 2015
Birmingham Civil Rights National Park Service Alabama 2017
Booker T. Washington National Park Service Virginia 1956
Browns Canyon BLM, USFS Colorado 2015
Buck Island Reef National Park Service US Virgin Islands 1961
Cabrillo National Park Service California 1913
California Coastal Bureau of Land Management California 2000
Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Park Service Colorado 2022
Camp Nelson Heritage National Park Service Kentucky 2018
Canyon de Chelly National Park Service Arizona 1931
Canyons of the Ancients Bureau of Land Management Colorado 2000
Cape Krusenstern National Park Service Alaska 1978
Capulin Volcano National Park Service New Mexico 1916
Carrizo Plain Bureau of Land Management California 2001
Casa Grande Ruins National Park Service Arizona 1918
Cascade–Siskiyou Bureau of Land Management Oregon, California 2000
Castillo de San Marcos National Park Service Florida 1924
Castle Clinton National Park Service New York 1946
Castle Mountains National Park Service California 2016
Castner Range Department of Defense Texas 2023
Cedar Breaks National Park Service Utah 1933
César E. Chávez National Park Service California 2012
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Park Service Ohio 2013
Chimney Rock United States Forest Service Colorado 2012
Chiricahua National Park Service Arizona 1924
Colorado National Park Service Colorado 1911
Craters of the Moon NPS, BLM Idaho 1924
Devils Postpile National Park Service California 1911
Devils Tower National Park Service Wyoming 1906
Dinosaur National Park Service Colorado, Utah 1915
Effigy Mounds National Park Service Iowa 1949
El Malpais National Park Service New Mexico 1987
El Morro National Park Service New Mexico 1906
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Park Service IL, MS 2023
Florissant Fossil Beds National Park Service Colorado 1969
Fort Frederica National Park Service Georgia 1936
Fort Matanzas National Park Service Florida 1924
Fort McHenry National Park Service Maryland 1925
Fort Monroe National Park Service Virginia 2011
Fort Ord Bureau of Land Management California 2012
Fort Pulaski National Park Service Georgia 1924
Fort Stanwix National Park Service New York 1935
Fort Union National Park Service New Mexico 1956
Fossil Butte National Park Service Wyoming 1972
Freedom Riders National Park Service Alabama 2017
George Washington Birthplace National Park Service Virginia 1930
George Washington Carver National Park Service Missouri 1943
Giant Sequoia United States Forest Service California 2000
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Park Service New Mexico 1907
Gold Butte Bureau of Land Management Nevada 2016
Governors Island National Park Service New York 2001
Grand Canyon-Parashant BLM, NPS Arizona 2000
Grand Portage National Park Service Minnesota 1960
Grand Staircase-Escalante Bureau of Land Management Utah 1996
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Park Service Idaho 1988
Hanford Reach U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Dept. of Energy Washington 2000
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Maryland 2013
Hohokam Pima (no public access)
National Park Service Arizona 1972
Honouliuli National Park Service Hawaii 2015
Hovenweep National Park Service Colorado, Utah 1923
Ironwood Forest Bureau of Land Management Arizona 2000
Jewel Cave National Park Service South Dakota 1908
John Day Fossil Beds National Park Service Oregon 1974
Jurassic Bureau of Land Management Utah 2019
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks Bureau of Land Management New Mexico 2001
Lava Beds National Park Service California 1925
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Park Service Montana 1940
Marianas Trench Marine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Guam 2009
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Park Service Mississippi 2019
Military Working Dog Teams Airman Heritage Foundation Texas 2013
Mill Springs Battlefield National Park Service Kentucky 2019
Misty Fjords United States Forest Service Alaska 1978
Mojave Trails Bureau of Land Management California 2016
Montezuma Castle National Park Service Arizona 1906
Mount St. Helens United States Forest Service Washington 1982
Muir Woods National Park Service California 1908
Natural Bridges National Park Service Utah 1908
Navajo National Park Service Arizona 1909
Newberry United States Forest Service Oregon 1990
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine NOAA, FWS (Atlantic) 2016
Oregon Caves National Park Service Oregon 1909
Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Bureau of Land Management New Mexico 2014
Organ Pipe Cactus National Park Service Arizona 1937
Pacific Remote Islands Marine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service US Minor Outlying Islands 2009
Papahānaumokuākea Marine NOAA, FWS (Pacific) 2006
Petroglyph National Park Service New Mexico 1990
Pipe Spring National Park Service Arizona 1923
Pipestone National Park Service Minnesota 1937
Pompeys Pillar Bureau of Land Management Montana 2001
Poverty Point National Park Service Louisiana 1988
Prehistoric Trackways Bureau of Land Management New Mexico 2009
President Lincoln's Cottage at the Soldiers' Home Armed Forces Retirement Home Washington DC 2000
Rainbow Bridge National Park Service Utah 1910
Río Grande del Norte Bureau of Land Management New Mexico 2013
Rose Atoll Marine U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service American Samoa 2009
Russell Cave National Park Service Alabama 1961
Saint Francis Dam Disaster United States Forest Service California 2019
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Park Service New Mexico 1909
San Gabriel Mountains United States Forest Service California 2014
San Juan Islands Bureau of Land Management Washington 2013
Sand to Snow BLM, USFS California 2016
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains Bureau of Land Management California 2000
Scotts Bluff National Park Service Nebraska 1919
Sonoran Desert Bureau of Land Management Arizona 2001
Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Park Service Illinois 2024
Statue of Liberty National Park Service New York, New Jersey 1924
Stonewall National Park Service New York 2016
Sunset Crater Volcano National Park Service Arizona 1930
Timpanogos Cave National Park Service Utah 1922
Tonto National Park Service Arizona 1907
Tule Lake National Park Service California 2019
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Park Service Nevada 2014
Tuzigoot National Park Service Arizona 1939
Upper Missouri River Breaks Bureau of Land Management Montana 2001
Vermilion Cliffs Bureau of Land Management Arizona 2000
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Park Service US Virgin Islands 2001
Waco Mammoth National Park Service Texas 2015
Walnut Canyon National Park Service Arizona 1915
Wupatki National Park Service Arizona 1924
Yucca House National Park Service Colorado 1919