List of U.S. National Monuments

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 4 February 2007

monument (NM or NVM) 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

Minidoka Internment NM ID 2001 2001 0.2944 0

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

Northwestern Hawaiian Islands NM HI 1909 2006 ?? NPS/NOAA

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

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

President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home NM DC 1973 2000 0.0093 0.0093 AFRH/NTHP

Rainbow Bridge NM UT 1910 1910 0.6475 0

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

Wupatki NM AZ 1924 1924 143.3483 0

Yucca House NM CO 1919 1919 0.1375 0

monument (NM or NVM)	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
Minidoka Internment	NM	ID	2001	2001	0.2944	0
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
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands	NM	HI	1909	2006	??		NPS/NOAA
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
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
President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home	NM	DC	1973	2000	0.0093	0.0093	AFRH/NTHP
Rainbow Bridge	NM	UT	1910	1910	0.6475	0
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
Wupatki	NM	AZ	1924	1924	143.3483	0
Yucca House	NM	CO	1919	1919	0.1375	0

Note: Monuments are denoted as either national monuments (NM), national volcanic monuments (NVM), or national monument and historic shrine (NMHS). Managing agencies include:

the National Park Service (NPS),
Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH),
Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
Bureau of Reclaimation (BoR),
Department of Energy (DOE),
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS),
Forestry Service (FS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and
National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP).

National monuments managed by the BLM, BoR, and DOE were created by presidental directive under President Clinton, and could be rescinded (if the will of the people most affected prevails). Fort Moultrie (indicated by *) is a subunit of Fort Sumter National Monument.

© 2000-2006, 2007 by Wm. Robert Johnston.
Last modified 4 February 2007.
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