List of U.S. National Monuments

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 24 November 2019

monument		state	date first protected	original authority	date of national monument status	total area (km2)	privately-owned area (km2)	managing agency (if not NPS)
Admiralty Island	NM	AK	1978	PP-JC	1980	3,961.3909	0.0000	USFS
African Burial Ground	NM	NY	1992	PP-GB	2006	0.0014	0.0000
Agate Fossil Beds	NM	NE	1965	CON	1965	12.3748	1.1868
Agua Fria	NM	AZ	2000	PP-WC	2000	292.7658	5.8437	BLM
Alibates Flint Quarries	NM	TX	1965	CON	1965	5.5481	1.1806
Aniakchak	NM	AK	1978	PP-JC	1978	555.1316	0.0000
Aztec Ruins	NM	NM	1923	PP-WH	1923	1.2885	0.1815
Bandelier	NM	NM	1916	PP-WW	1916	136.2846	3.4205
Basin and Range	NM	NV	2015	PP-BO	2015	2,850		BLM
Bears Ears	NM	UT	2016	PP-BO	2016	816.96		BLM/USFS
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality	NM	DC	2016	PP-BO	2016	0.0014
Berryessa Snow Mountain	NM	CA	2015	PP-BO	2015	1,338.6		USFS/BLM
Birmingham Civil Rights	NM	AL	2017	PP-BO	2017	0.0739		BLM
Booker T. Washington	NM	VA	1956	CON	1956	0.9672	0.0000
Browns Canyon	NM	CO	2015	PP-BO	2015	87.355		BLM/USFS
Buck Island Reef	NM	VI	1961	PP-JK	1961	76.9529	0.0000
Cabrillo	NM	CA	1913	PP-WW	1913	0.6473	0.0000
California Coastal	NM	CA	2000	PP-WC	2000	34	0.0000	BLM
Camp Nelson	NM	KY	2013	PP-DT	2018	2.12	0
Canyon de Chelly	NM	AZ	1931	PP-HH	1931	339.2884	339.2884
Canyons of the Ancients	NM	CO	2000	PP-WC	2000	741.0968	49.2260	BLM
Cape Krusenstern	NM	AK	1978	PP-JC	1978	2,626.7425	88.5222
Capulin Volcano	NM	NM	1916	PP-WW	1916	3.2085	0.0000
Carrizo Plain	NM	CA	2001	PP-WC	2001	998.8127	122.4822	BLM
Casa Grande Ruins	NM	AZ	1889	PP-WW	1918	1.9121	0.0000
Cascade-Siskiyou	NM	OR	2000	PP-WC	2000	536	129.9729	BLM
Castillo de San Marcos	NM	FL	1924	PP-CC	1924	0.0784	0.0000
Castle Clinton	NM	NY	1946	CON	1946	0.0040	0.0000
Castle Mountains	NM	CA	2016	PP-BO	2016	84.66
Cedar Breaks	NM	UT	1933	PP-FR	1933	24.9068	0.0000
Cesar E. Chavez	NM	CA	2012	PP-BO	2012	0.0425		NPS/NCC
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers	NM	OH	2013	PP-BO	2013	0.2414
Chimney Rock	NM	CO	1970	PP-BO	2012	19.1254	0.0000	USFS
Chiricahua	NM	AZ	1924	PP-CC	1924	48.5005	0.0095
Colorado	NM	CO	1911	PP-WT	1911	83.0979	0.0000
Craters Of The Moon	NM	ID	1924	PP-CC	2002	3,044.5553	27.7250	NPS/BLM
Devils Postpile	NM	CA	1911	PP-WT	1911	3.2313	0.0000
Devils Tower	NM	WY	1906	PP-TR	1906	5.4508	0.0000
Dinosaur	NM	CO-UT	1915	PP-WW	1915	850.9864	18.4003
Effigy Mounds	NM	IA	1949	PP-HT	1949	10.2239	0.0000
El Malpais	NM	NM	1987	CON	1987	462.4624	15.8953
El Morro	NM	NM	1906	PP-TR	1906	5.1748	0.9664
Florissant Fossil Beds	NM	CO	1969	CON	1969	24.2734	0.0000
Fort Frederica	NM	GA	1936	CON	1936	1.1513	0.0052
Fort Matanzas	NM	FL	1924	PP-CC	1924	1.2145	0.0065
Fort McHenry	NMHS	MD	1925	CON	1939	1.3160	0.0000
Fort Monroe	NM	VA	2011	PP-BO	2011	0.1751	0.0000
Fort Ord	NM	CA	2012	PP-BO	2012	59.2905		BLM
Fort Pulaski	NM	GA	1924	PP-CC	1924	22.7559	0.0000
Fort Stanwix	NM	NY	1935	CON	1935	0.0628	0.0000
Fort Union	NM	NM	1954	CON	1954	2.9162	0.0000
Fossil Butte	NM	WY	1972	CON	1972	33.1761	0.0000
Freedom Riders	NM	AL	2017	PP-BO	2017	0.0317
George Washington Birthplace	NM	VA	1930	CON	1930	2.6779	0.4512
George Washington Carver	NM	MO	1943	CON	1943	0.8498	0.0000
Giant Sequoia	NM	CA	2000	PP-WC	2000	1,326.4341	0.0000	USFS
Gila Cliff Dwellings	NM	NM	1907	PP-TR	1907	2.1575	0.0000
Gold Butte	NM	NV	2016	PP-BO	2016	1,201.7		BLM
Governors Island	NM	NY	2001	PP-WC	2001	0.0922	0.0020
Grand Canyon-Parashant	NM	AZ	2000	PP-WC	2000	4,242.4208	32.0511	BLM
Grand Portage	NM	MN	1951	CON	1958	2.8731	0.0000
Grand Staircase-Escalante	NM	UT	1996	PP-WC	1996	4,062.49		BLM
Hagerman Fossil Beds	NM	ID	1988	CON	1988	17.6085	0.0668
Hanford Reach	NM	WA	2000	PP-WC	2000	789.1370	0.0000	DOE/FWS
Hohokam Pima	NM	AZ	1972	CON	1972	6.8392	6.8392
Homestead	NM	NE	1936	CON	1936	0.8543	0.0000
Hovenweep	NM	CO-UT	1923	PP-WH	1923	3.1765	0.0000
Ironwood Forest	NM	AZ	2000	PP-WC	2000	763.3140	20.9668	BLM
Jewel Cave	NM	SD	1908	PP-TR	1908	5.1537	0.0000
John Day Fossil Beds	NM	OR	1974	CON	1974	56.9018	1.9074
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks	NM	NM	2001	PP-WC	2001	21.8611	3.0635	BLM
Katahdin Woods and Waters	NM	ME	2016	PP-BO	2016	354.35
Lava Beds	NM	CA	1925	PP-CC	1925	188.9575	0.0000
Little Bighorn Battlefield	NM	MT	1940	CON	1991	3.0972	0.0000
Marianas Trench	MNM	Pac	2009	PP-GB	2009	0.0000	0.0000	FWS/NOAA
Military Working Dog Teams	NM	TX	2008	CON	2008	0.0	0.0	USAF/AHF
Misty Fjords	NM	AK	1978	PP-JC	1980	9,281.1739	0.0000	USFS
Mojave Trails	NM	CA	2016	PP-BO	2016	6,500		BLM
Montezuma Castle	NM	AZ	1906	PP-TR	1906	3.4773	0.0681
Mount Saint Helens	NVM	WA	1982	CON	1982	455.6477		USFS
Muir Woods	NM	CA	1908	PP-TR	1908	2.2401	0.0000
Natural Bridges	NM	UT	1908	PP-TR	1908	30.9038	0.0000
Navajo	NM	AZ	1909	PP-WT	1909	1.4569	0.0000
Newberry	NVM	OR	1990	CON	1990	221.8568		USFS
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts	MNM	MA	2016	PP-BO	2016	0.0000	0.0000	NOAA/FWS
Oregon Caves	NM	OR	1909	PP-WT	1909	1.9748	0.0160
Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks	NM	NM	2014	PP-BO	2014	2,018.633		BLM
Organ Pipe Cactus	NM	AZ	1937	PP-FR	1937	1,338.2503	0.1763
Pacific Remote Islands	MNM	Pac	2009	PP-GB	2009	31.3000	0.0000	FWS
Papahanaumokuakea	MNM	HI	1909	PP-TR	2006	13.0000	0.0000	NOAA/FWS/HI
Petroglyph	NM	NM	1990	CON	1990	30.4830	5.9884
Pipe Spring	NM	AZ	1923	PP-WH	1923	0.1619	0.0000
Pipestone	NM	MN	1937	CON	1937	1.1403	0.0000
Pompeys Pillar	NM	MT	2001	PP-WC	2001	0.2064	0.0000	BLM
Poverty Point	NM	LA	1988	CON	1988	3.6861	2.0061
Prehistoric Trackways	NM	NM	2009	CON	2009	21.2662	0.0000	BLM
President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home	NM	DC	1973	PP-WC	2000	0.0093	0.0093	AFRH/NTHP
Pullman	NM	IL	2015	PP-BO	2015	0.0010
Rainbow Bridge	NM	UT	1910	PP-WT	1910	0.6475	0.0000
Rio Grande Del Norte	NM	NM	2013	PP-BO	2013	981.5853		BLM
Rose Atoll	MNM	AS	2009	PP-GB	2009	0.0800	0.0000	FWS/NOAA
Russell Cave	NM	AL	1961	PP-JK	1961	1.2563	0.0000
Salinas Pueblo Missions	NM	NM	1909	PP-WT	1909	4.3359	0.3262
San Gabriel Mountains	NM	CA	2014	PP-BO	2014	1,400.929		USFS
San Juan Islands	NM	WA	2013	PP-BO	2013	3.9255		BLM
Sand to Snow	NM	CA	2016	PP-BO	2016	623		BLM/USFS
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains	NM	CA	2000	CON	2000	1,133.4071	230.8893	BLM/USFS
Scotts Bluff	NM	NE	1919	PP-WW	1919	12.1600	0.1917
Sonoran Desert	NM	AZ	2001	PP-WC	2001	2,008.8595	23.8765	BLM
Statue of Liberty	NM	NY-NJ	1924	PP-CC	1924	0.2463	0.0100
Stonewall	NM	NY	2016	PP-BO	2016	0.0005
Sunset Crater Volcano	NM	AZ	1930	PP-HH	1933	12.3024	0.0000
Timpanogos Cave	NM	UT	1922	PP-WH	1933	1.0117	0.0000
Tonto	NM	AZ	1907	PP-TR	1907	4.5325	0.0000
Tule Lake	NM	CA	2006	PP-GB	2019
Tule Springs Fossil Beds	NM	NV	2014	CON	2014	91.46
Tuzigoot	NM	AZ	1939	PP-FR	1939	3.2856	1.7416
Upper Missouri River Breaks	NM	MT	2001	PP-WC	2001	2,005.0191	330.6889	BLM
Vermillion Cliffs	NM	AZ	2000	PP-WC	2000	1,188.5172	2.7640	BLM
Virgin Islands Coral Reef	NM	VI	2001	PP-WC	2001	51.4279	0.0000
Waco Mammoth	NM	TX	2015	PP-BO	2015	0.0288
Walnut Canyon	NM	AZ	1915	PP-WW	1915	14.2824	1.1244
White Sands	NM	NM	1933	PP-HH	1933	581.6678	0.0000
Wupatki	NM	AZ	1924	PP-CC	1924	143.3483	0.0000
Yucca House	NM	CO	1919	PP-WW	1919	0.1371	0.0000