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US National Monuments
There are 120 areas known as National Monuments in the United States. These are areas that the President set aside for special protections, a right given to the President under the Antiquities Act of 1906. Many National Parks started off as National Monuments. Most of these areas are managed by the National Park Service, but some are managed by the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish & Wildlife Service, and even the Armed Forces Retirement Home and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have a hand in managing one monument each. Many National Monuments are co-managed by two or more agencies.
The first National Monument was Devil's Tower in the state of Wyoming. It was established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. President Barack Obama has created or expanded 22 national monuments, the most of any president, with over 2 million acres of public land protected. Bill Clinton was next up with 19, followed by Jimmy Carter who designated 15. Most of these areas were already federal land - the National Monument designation just brings additional special protections to the area.
| Monument | State/Location |
|---|---|
| Admiralty Island | AK |
| African Burial Ground | NY |
| Agate Fossil Beds | NE |
| Agua Fria | AZ |
| Alibates Flint Quarries | TX |
| Aniakchack | AK |
| Aztec Ruins | NM |
| Bandelier | NM |
| Basin and Range | NV |
| Berryessa Snow Mountain | CA |
| Booker T. Washington | VA |
| Browns Canyon | CO |
| Buck Island Reef | VI |
| Cabrillo | CA |
| California Coastal | CA |
| Canyon de Chelly | AZ |
| Canyons of the Ancients | CO |
| Cape Krusenstern | AK |
| Capulin Volcano | NM |
| Carrizo Plain | CA |
| Casa Grande Ruins | AZ |
| Cascade-Siskiyou | OR |
| Castillo de San Marcos | FL |
| Castle Clinton | NY |
| Castle Mountains | CA |
| Cedar Breaks | UT |
| César E. Chávez | CA |
| Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers | OH |
| Chimney Rock | CO |
| Chiricahua | AZ |
| Colorado | CO |
| Craters of the Moon | ID |
| Devils Postpile | CA |
| Devils Tower | WY |
| Dinosaur | CO |
| Effigy Mounds | IO |
| El Malpais | NM |
| El Morro | NM |
| Florissant Fossil Beds | CO |
| Fort Frederica | GA |
| Fort Matanzas | FL |
| Fort McHenry | MD |
| Fort Monroe | VA |
| Fort Moultrie | SC |
| Fort Ord | CA |
| Fort Pulaski | GA |
| Fort Stanwix | NY |
| Fort Sumter | SC |
| Fort Union | NM |
| Fossil Butte | WY |
| George Washington Birthplace | VA |
| George Washington Carver | MO |
| Giant Sequoia | CA |
| Gila Cliff Dwellings | NM |
| Governors Island | NY |
| Grand Canyon-Parashant | AZ |
| Grand Portage | MN |
| Grand Staircase-Escalante | UT |
| Hagerman Fossil Beds | ID |
| Hanford Reach | WA |
| Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad | MD |
| Hohokam Pina | AZ |
| Homestead | NE |
| Honouliuli | HI |
| Hovenweep | CO/UT |
| Ironwood Forest | AZ |
| Jewel Cave | SD |
| John Day Fossil Beds | OR |
| Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks | NM |
| Lava Beds | CA |
| Little Bighorn Battlefield | MT |
| Marianas Trench | AK |
| Military Working Dog Teams | TX |
| Misty Fjords | AK |
| Mojave Trails | CA |
| Montezuma Castle | AZ |
| Mount Saint Helens | WA |
| Muir Woods | CA |
| Natural Bridges | UT |
| Navajo | AZ |
| Newberry | OR |
| Ocmulgee | GA |
| Oregon Caves | OR |
| Organ Pipe Cactus | AZ |
| Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks | NM |
| Pacific Remote Islands | Pacific |
| Papahanaumokuakea | HI |
| Petroglyph | NM |
| Pipe Spring | AZ |
| Pipestone | MN |
| Pompeys Pillar | MT |
| Poverty Point | LA |
| Prehistoric Trackways | NM |
| President Lincoln at Soldiers' Home | DC |
| Pullman | IL |
| Rainbow Bridge | UT |
| Rio Grande del Norte | NM |
| Rose Atoll | AS |
| Russell Cave | AL |
| Salinas Pueblo Missions | NM |
| San Gabriel Mountains | CA |
| San Juan Islands | WA |
| Sand to Snow | CA |
| Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains | CA |
| Scotts Bluff | NE |
| Sonoran Desert | AZ |
| Statue of Liberty | NY/NJ |
| Sunset Crater Volcano | AZ |
| Timpanogos Cave | UT |
| Tonto | AZ |
| Tule Spring Fossil Beds | NV |
| Tuzigoot | AZ |
| Upper Missouri River Breaks | MT |
| Vermilion Cliffs | AZ |
| Virgin Islands Coral Reef | VI |
| Waco Mammoth | TX |
| Walnut Canyon | AZ |
| World War II Valor in the Pacific | HI/AZ/CA |
| Wupatki | AZ |
| Yucca House | NM |
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mtybumpo - Apr 18, 2010 9:09 pm - Voted 10/10
Craters of the MoonI attached the page I made for Craters of the Moon to your page.
Sarah Simon - Apr 19, 2010 1:23 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Craters of the MoonSweet - thanks, mtybumpo. -Sarah
Mark Doiron - Jan 12, 2013 4:18 pm - Voted 10/10
Pinnacles National ParkI've added Pinnacles National Park to national park list.
tarol - Jan 14, 2013 1:48 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Pinnacles National Parkthanks, removed it from this page
GMJ - Apr 12, 2020 8:44 am - Hasn't voted
White Sands National ParkWhite Sands is now also a national park.
tarol - Apr 13, 2020 12:54 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: White Sands National ParkThanks, I removed it from the NM page