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List of rock formations in the United States

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List of rock formations in the United States

The following is a partial list of rock formations in the United States, by state:

Contents

Arizona

  • Antelope Canyon
  • Canyon de Chelly National Monument
  • Spider Rock
  • Chiricahua National Monument
  • Big Balanced Rock
  • Duck on a Rock
  • Mushroom Rock
  • Natural Bridge
  • Organ Pipe
  • Pinnacle Balanced Rock
  • Punch and Judy
  • Sea Captain
  • Grand Canyon
  • Angels Window
  • Cheops Pyramid
  • Horseshoe Mesa
  • Sumner Butte
  • Zoroaster Temple and many other named buttes, mesas and 'temples'
  • Monument Valley
  • Hunts Mesa
  • Merrick Butte
  • The Mitten Buttes
  • North Window
  • Three Sisters
  • The Thumb
  • Totem Pole
  • Petrified Forest National Park
  • Agate Bridge
  • The Wave
  • Window Rock
  • California

  • Alabama Hills
  • Bird Rock
  • Castle Crags
  • Devil's Postpile
  • Gull Rock
  • Indian Rock, Indian Rock Park
  • Moro Rock, Sequoia National Park
  • Mussel Rock
  • Nine Sisters (aka "The Morros"), San Luis Obispo
  • Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)
  • San Pedro Rock
  • Seal Rock (San Francisco County, California)
  • Seal Rock (San Mateo County, California)
  • Sears Rock
  • Skull Rock, Joshua Tree National Park
  • Tahquitz
  • Vasquez Rocks
  • Yosemite Valley/Yosemite National Park
  • Cathedral Rocks
  • Cathedral Spires
  • Clouds Rest
  • El Capitan
  • Glacier Point
  • Half Dome
  • Lembert Dome
  • Sentinel Rock
  • Three Brothers
  • Colorado

  • Colorado National Monument
  • Devils Kitchen
  • Independence Monument
  • Window Rock
  • Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs
  • Painted Wall, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
  • Red Rocks
  • Wheeler Geologic Area
  • Georgia

  • Stone Mountain, Atlanta
  • Hawaii

  • Iao Needle, Maui
  • Gardner Pinnacles, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
  • Idaho

  • City of Rocks National Reserve, Burley
  • Illinois

  • Garden of the Gods, Shawnee National Forest
  • Indiana

  • Devil's Backbone, near Charlestown
  • Iowa

  • Gitchie Manitou State Preserve, Granite, Lyon County
  • Kansas

  • Monument Rocks National Natural Landmark, Oakley
  • Mushroom Rock State Park, Carneiro
  • Rock City, Minneapolis
  • Kentucky

  • Natural Bridge, Slade, KY
  • Mantle Rock, Livingston County, KY
  • Massachusetts

  • Plymouth Rock
  • Profile Rock, Freetown State Forest, Assonet
  • Mother Ann, Gloucester
  • Michigan

  • Miner's Castle, Munising
  • Turnip Rock
  • Minnesota

  • Devil's Kettle, Judge C. R. Magney State Park
  • In-Yan-Teopa, Frontenac State Park
  • Palisade Head
  • Missouri

  • Tower Rock, Perry County
  • Montana

  • Glacier National Park
  • Chief Mountain
  • Mount Cleveland
  • Mount Grinnell
  • Mount Siyeh
  • Triple Divide Peak
  • Pompeys Pillar National Monument
  • Nebraska

  • Chimney Rock National Historic Site
  • Courthouse and Jail Rocks
  • Nevada

  • Lexington Arch, Great Basin National Park
  • Little Finland
  • Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
  • Valley of Fire, Clark County, Nevada
  • Elephant Rock
  • Fire Wave (similar to but smaller than The Wave in Arizona)
  • Natural Arch (collapsed in 2010)
  • New Hampshire

  • Old Man of the Mountain (collapsed in 2003)
  • New Jersey

  • The Palisades (Hudson River)
  • New Mexico

  • Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area
  • City of Rocks State Park, Grant County
  • Kneeling Nun, Hanover, Grant County
  • Natural Bridge, Corona, Lincoln County
  • Needles Eye Arch and Little Needles Eye Arch, Florida Mountains, Luna County
  • Saddle Rock, Grant County
  • Shiprock
  • Tent Rocks, Cochiti (called Kasha-Katuwe in the language of the Cochiti people)
  • The Needles Eye, Cooney, Catron County
  • Tooth of Time, Colfax County
  • New York

  • Chimney Bluffs State Park
  • Lemon Squeezer, Harriman State Park
  • The Palisades (Hudson River)
  • Rat Rock, Central Park, New York City
  • Sam's Point Preserve
  • North Carolina

  • Chimney Rock State Park
  • Oklahoma

  • Rock Mary
  • Oregon

  • Crater Lake
  • Phantom Ship
  • Wizard Island
  • Fort Rock, Lake County
  • Haystack Rock, Clatsop County
  • Haystack Rock, Tillamook County
  • The Honeycombs, Malheur County
  • Smith Rock, Deschutes County
  • Skinner Butte, Lane County
  • Spencer Butte, Lane County
  • South Dakota

  • Mount Rushmore
  • Needles
  • Tennessee

  • Rock City, Chattanooga
  • Texas

  • El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains National Park
  • Palo Duro Canyon, Amarillo
  • Hueco Tanks, Big Bend, Brewster County
  • Enchanted Rock, Gillespie County/Llano County
  • Utah

  • Arches National Park
  • Balanced Rock
  • Courthouse Towers
  • Dark Angel
  • Delicate Arch
  • Devil's Garden
  • Double Arch
  • Fiery Furnace
  • Landscape Arch
  • Petrified dunes
  • The Phallus
  • Wall Arch (collapsed in 2008)
  • Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Sinking Ship
  • Thor's Hammer
  • Canyonlands National Park
  • Angel Arch
  • Druid Arch
  • Island in the Sky
  • Mesa Arch
  • Upheaval Dome
  • Capitol Reef National Park
  • Capitol Dome
  • Capitol Gorge
  • Cassidy Arch
  • The Castle
  • Golden Throne
  • Hickman Bridge
  • Waterpocket Fold
  • Dead Horse Point State Park
  • Devil's Slide
  • Elephant Rock in Kings Canyon, Millard County
  • Fantasy Canyon
  • Fisher Towers
  • Goblin Valley State Park
  • Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
  • Coyote Gulch - slot canyons, arches and a natural bridge
  • Devil's Garden
  • Grosvenor Arch
  • Zebra Canyon
  • Kodachrome Basin State Park
  • Mexican Hat
  • Natural Bridges National Monument
  • Kachina Natural Bridge
  • Owachomo Natural Bridge
  • Sipapu Natural Bridge
  • Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument
  • Notch Peak
  • Rainbow Bridge National Monument
  • Zion National Park
  • Angel's Landing
  • Checkerboard Mesa
  • The Great White Throne
  • Kolob Arch
  • The Subway
  • The Three Patriarchs
  • Zion Narrows
  • Washington

  • Beacon Rock, Columbia River Gorge
  • Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park
  • Steamboat Rock, Steamboat Rock State Park
  • West Virginia

  • Cooper's Rock
  • Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County
  • Wisconsin

  • Dells of the Wisconsin River
  • Maiden Rock
  • Mill Bluff State Park
  • Natural Bridge State Park
  • Wyoming

  • Devils Tower
  • Independence Rock
  • Teapot Rock
  • Vedauwoo
  • References

    List of rock formations in the United States Wikipedia


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