List of U.S. National Monuments

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 11 July 2009

monument		state	date first protected	date of national monument status	total area (km2)	privately-owned area (km2)	managing agency (if not NPS)
Admiralty Island	NM	AK	1978	1978	4072.6349		FS
African Burial Ground	NM	NY	1993	2006	0.0014
Agate Fossil Beds	NM	NE	1965	1965	12.364	1.1868
Agua Fria	NM	AZ	2000	2000	293.5756	5.8437	BLM
Alibates Flint Quarries	NM	TX	1965	1965	5.5481	1.1806
Aniakchack	NM	AK	1978	1978	555.1316	0
Aztec Ruins	NM	NM	1923	1923	1.2857	0.7664
Bandelier	NM	NM	1916	1916	136.2846	3.4205
Booker T. Washington	NM	VA	1956	1956	0.9062	0
Buck Island Reef	NM	VI	1961	2001	73.3897	0
Cabrillo	NM	CA	1913	1913	0.5547	0
California Coastal	NM	CA	2000	2000	3.5734	0	BLM
Canyon de Chelly	NM	AZ	1931	1931	339.2884	339.2884
Canyons of the Ancients	NM	CO	2000	2000	738.2368	74.9884	BLM
Cape Krusenstern	NM	AK	1978	1978	2627.1471	219.8845
Capulin Volcano	NM	NM	1916	1916	3.2085	0
Carrizo Plain	NM	CA	2001	2001	995.7225	132.2029	BLM
Casa Grande Ruins	NM	AZ	1889	1918	1.9121	0
Cascade-Siskiyou	NM	OR	2000	2000	344.6834	130.3980	BLM
Castillo de San Marcos	NM	FL	1924	1924	0.0817	0
Castle Clinton	NM	NY	1946	1946	0.004	0
Cedar Breaks	NM	UT	1933	1933	24.9068	0
Chiricahua	NM	AZ	1924	1924	48.5005	0.0095
Colorado	NM	CO	1911	1911	83.0979	0
Craters of the Moon	NM	ID	1924	2000	3054.8269	27.7615	NPS/BLM
Devils Postpile	NM	CA	1911	1911	3.2313	0
Devils Tower	NM	WY	1906	1906	5.4508	0
Dinosaur	NM	CO/UT	1915	1915	850.9631	18.377
Effigy Mounds	NM	IO	1949	1949	5.995	0
El Malpais	NM	NM	1987	1987	462.4624	17.3103
El Morro	NM	NM	1906	1906	5.1748	0.9664
Florissant Fossil Beds	NM	CO	1969	1969	24.2734	0
Fort Frederica	NM	GA	1936	1936	0.977	0.009
Fort Matanzas	NM	FL	1924	1924	0.9217	0
Fort McHenry	NMHS	MD	1939	1939	0.1751	0
(Fort Moultrie)*	NM	SC	1948	1948	0.81
Fort Pulaski	NM	GA	1924	1924	22.7559	0
Fort Stanwix	NM	NY	1935	1935	0.0628	0
Fort Sumter	NM	SC	1948	1948	0.7875	0
Fort Union	NM	NM	1954	1954	2.9162	0
Fossil Butte	NM	WY	1972	1972	33.1761	0
George Washington Birthplace	NM	VA	1930	1930	2.2267	0
George Washington Carver	NM	MO	1943	1943	0.8498	0
Giant Sequoia	NM	CA	2000	2000	1326.4341	0	FS
Gila Cliff Dwellings	NM	NM	1907	1907	2.1575	0
Governors Island	NM	NY	2001	2001	0.0809	0
Grand Canyon-Parashant	NM	AZ	2000	2000	4242.2978	32.0512	BLM
Grand Portage	NM	MN	1951	1958	2.8731	0
Grand Staircase-Escalante	NM	UT	1996	1996	7631.5736	60.7029	BLM
Hagerman Fossil Beds	NM	ID	1988	1988	17.6085	0.0668
Hanford Reach	NM	WA	2000	2000	789.137	0	DOE/FWS
Hohokam Pina	NM	AZ	1972	1972	6.8392	6.8392
Homestead	NM	NE	1936	1936	0.7896	0
Hovenweep	NM	CO/UT	1923	1923	3.1765	0
Ironwood Forest	NM	AZ	2000	2000	767.8153	24.3297	BLM
Jewel Cave	NM	SD	1908	1908	5.1537	0
John Day Fossil Beds	NM	OR	1974	1974	56.8856	1.8912
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks	NM	NM	2001	2001	21.8612	3.0635	BLM
Lava Beds	NM	CA	1925	1925	188.4211	0
Little Bighorn Battlefield	NM	MT	1879	1946	3.0972	0
Marianas Trench	MNM	Pacific	2009	2009	0 (246,608 water)	0	FWS
Misty Fjords	NM	AK	1978	1978	9286.4793		FS
Montezuma Castle	NM	AZ	1906	1906	3.4709	0.0681
Mount Saint Helens	NVM	WA	1982	1989	455.3199		FS
Muir Woods	NM	CA	1908	1908	2.2401	0
Natural Bridges	NM	UT	1908	1908	30.9038	0
Navajo	NM	AZ	1909	1909	1.4569	0
Newberry	NVM	OR	1990	1990	224.6005		FS
Ocmulgee	NM	GA	1934	1934	2.839	0
Oregon Caves	NM	OR	1909	1909	1.9748	0.016
Organ Pipe Cactus	NM	AZ	1937	1937	1338.2489	0.1982
Pacific Remote Islands	MNM	Pacific	2009	2009	31.3	0	FWS
Papahanaumokuakea	MNM	HI	1909	2006	13 (360,000 water)	0	NPS/NOAA
Petroglyph	NM	NM	1990	1990	29.2653	5.7972
Pinnacles	NM	CA	1908	1908	129.7643	0.0438
Pipe Spring	NM	AZ	1923	1923	0.1619	0
Pipestone	NM	MN	1937	1937	1.1403	0
Pompeys Pillar	NM	MT	2001	2001	0.2064	0	BLM
Poverty Point	NM	LA	1988	1988	3.6861	2.0061
Prehistoric Trackways	NM	NM	2009	2009	21.37		BLM
President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home	NM	DC	1973	2000	0.0093	0.0093	AFRH/NTHP
Rainbow Bridge	NM	UT	1910	1910	0.6475	0
Rose Atoll	MNM	AS	2009	2009	0.08 (158.09 water)	0	FWS
Russell Cave	NM	AL	1961	1961	1.2563	0
Salinas Pueblo Missions	NM	NM	1909	1909	4.3359	0.3262
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains	NM	CA	2000	2000	1100.7466	311.2037	BLM
Scotts Bluff	NM	NE	1919	1919	12.1539	0.2474
Sonoran Desert	NM	AZ	2001	2001	2008.6077	23.7429	BLM
Statue of Liberty	NM	NY/NJ	1924	1924	0.2363	0
Sunset Crater Volcano	NM	AZ	1930	1930	12.3024	0
Timpanogos Cave	NM	UT	1922	1922	1.0117	0
Tonto	NM	AZ	1907	1907	4.5325	0
Tuzigoot	NM	AZ	1939	1939	3.24	3.0062
Upper Missouri River Breaks	NM	MT	2001	2001	2005.0222	330.6894	BLM
Vermilion Cliffs	NM	AZ	2000	2000	1188.4786	2.7640	BLM
Virgin Islands Coral Reef	NM	VI	2001	2001	51.4275	0
Walnut Canyon	NM	AZ	1915	1915	14.4856	1.177
White Sands	NM	NM	1933	1933	581.6665	0
World War II Valor in the Pacific	NM	HI/AZ/CA	1962	2008	25.5	0
Wupatki	NM	AZ	1924	1924	143.3483	0
Yucca House	NM	CO	1919	1919	0.1375	0