United States National Monuments
According to National Parks Index,* A national monument is intended to preserve at least one nationally significant resource. It is usually smaller than a national park and lacks its diversity of attractions. The Antiquities Act at Section 2 defines national monuments as: “confined to the smallest area compatible with proper care and management of the objects to be protected.”
Not all national monuments are established the same way. Some are created by presidents using the authority of the Antiquities Act. Congress also creates national monuments through the legislative process. The national monuments are managed or co-managed by several federal agenciesL the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management (Dept. of the Interior), U.S. Forest Service (Dept of Agriculture), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (Dept of Interior), etc.
There are currently 133 national monuments but we only show the list of 84 on the NPS website, which are managed or co-managed by National Park Services.
Important events included:
On August 25, 1916, Congress passed the Organic Act, which created the National Park Service to “promote and regulate the use of the Federal areas known as national parks, monuments, and reservations.” Many national monuments managed by other agencies were reorganized under NPS.
President Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order 6166, signed on June 10, 1933, reorganized many parks and monuments from the War Department and the Forest Service to the NPS.
President Jimmy Carter established 17 national monuments in Alaska on December 10, 1978, including ten new and three expanded parks for NPS to manage.
*Source: United States National Park Services, https://www.nps.gov
**Source: Wikipedia
U.S. National Monuments by Name*
African Burial Ground National Monument, New York
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Texas
Aniakchak National Monument, Alaska
Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument, District of Columbia
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument, Alabama
Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia
Buck Island Reef National Monument, Virgin Islands
Cabrillo National Monument, California
Camp Nelson National Monument, Kentucky
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska
Capulin Volcano National Monument, New Mexico
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, Arizona
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida
Castle Clinton National Monument, New York
Castle Mountains National Monument, California
Cedar Breaks National Monument, Utah
César E. Chávez National Monument, California
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument, Ohio
Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona
Colorado National Monument, Colorado
Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho
Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming
Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah
Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa
El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico
El Morro National Monument, New Mexico
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, Illinois and Mississippi
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado
Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia
Fort Matanzas National Monument, Florida
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland
Fort Monroe National Monument, Virginia
Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia
Fort Stanwix National Monument, New York
Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico
Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming
Freedom Riders National Monument, Alabama
George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia
George Washington Carver National Monument, Missouri
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico
Governors Island National Monument, New York
Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, Idaho
Hohokam Pima National Monument, Arizona
Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado and Utah
Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine
Lava Beds National Monument, California
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, Mississippi
Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument, Kentucky
Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona
Muir Woods National Monument, California
Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
Navajo National Monument, Arizona
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, Oregon
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
Petroglyph National Monument, New Mexico
Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona
Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota
Poverty Point National Monument, Louisiana
Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah
Russell Cave National Monument, Alabama
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, New Mexico
Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska
Statue of Liberty National Monument, New Jersey and New York
Stonewall National Monument, New York
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona
Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah
Tonto National Monument, Arizona
Tule Lake National Monument, California
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, Nevada
Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona
Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, Virgin Islands
Waco Mammoth National Monument, Texas
Walnut Canyon National Monument, Arizona
Wupatki National Monument, Arizona
Yucca House National Monument, Colorado
U.S. National Park System Map
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U.S. National Monuments - by States*
Alabama
Birmingham Civil Rights
Freedom Riders
Russell Cave
Alaska
Aniakchak
Cape Krusenstern
Arizona
Canyon de Chelly
Casa Grande Ruins
Chiricahua
Grand Canyon-Parashant
Montezuma Castle
Navajo
Organ Pipe Cactus
Pipe Spring
Sunset Crater Volcano
Tonto
Tuzigoot
Walnut Canyon
Wupatki
California
Cabrillo
Castle Mountains
Cesar E. Chavez
Devils Postpile
Lava Beds
Muir Woods
Tule Lake
Colorado
Colorado
Dinosaur (also in Utah)
Florissant Fossil Beds
Hovenweep (also in Utah)
Yucca House
DC
Belmont-Paul Women's Equality
Florida
Castillo de San Marcos
Fort Matanzas
Goergia
Fort Frederica
Idaho
Craters Of The Moon
Hagerman Fossil Beds
Illinois
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley (also in Mississippi)
Iowa
Effigy Mounds
Kentucky
Camp Nelson
Mill Springs Battlefield
Louisiana
Poverty Point
Maine
Katahdin Woods and Waters
Maryland
Fort McHenry
Minnesota
Grand Portage
Pipestone
Mississippi
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley (also in Illinois)
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home
Missouri
George Washington Carver
Montana
Little Bighorn Battlefield
Nebraska
Agate Fossil Beds
Scotts Bluff
Nevada
Tule Springs Fossil Beds
New Jersey
Statue of Liberty (also in New York)
New Mexico
Aztec Ruins
Bandelier
Capulin Volcano
El Malpais
El Morro
Fort Union
Gila Cliff Dwellings
Petroglyph
Salinas Pueblo Missions
New York
African Burial Ground
Castle Clinton
Fort Stanwix
Governors Island
Statue of Liberty (also in New Jersey)
Stonewall
Ohio
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers
Oregon
John Day Fossil Beds
Oregon Caves
South Dakota
Jewel Cave
Texas
Alibates Flint Quarries
Waco Mammoth
Utah
Cedar Breaks
Dinosaur
Hovenweep
Natural Bridges
Rainbow Bridge
Timpanogos Cave
Virgin Island
Buck Island Reef
Virgin Islands Coral Reef
Virginia
Booker T Washington
Fort Monroe
George Washington Birthplace
Wyoming
Devils Tower
Fossil Butte
