National Parks and Monuments
Here you'll find a linked list of visited national parks and monuments, including those managed by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
There are National Parks, Monuments, and Historical Sites throughout the United States. This page focuses on those in the American West, in canyon country, where some of our most spectacular parks preserve as much as they can of what Nature provides for us. There are campgrounds, maintained trails, and often, untouched wilderness.
Arizona
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
- Chiricahua National Monument
- Coronado National Memorial
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Arizona and Nevada)
- Montezuma Castle National Monument
- Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Pipe Spring National Monument
- Saguaro National Park
- Sunset Crater Volcanic National Monument
- Titan Missile National Historic Landmark
- Trail of the Ancients Scenic Backway, Utah, Arizona and Colorado
- Tumacacori National Historical Park
- Tuzigoot National Monument
- Walnut Canyon National Monument
- Wupatki National Monument
California
- Cabrillo National Monument
- Death Valley National Park
- Devils Postpile National Monument
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Yosemite National Park
Colorado
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
- Canyon Pintado National Historic District
- Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
- Colorado National Monument
- Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
- Hovenweep National Monument
- Mesa Verde National Park
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Trail of the Ancients Scenic Backway, Utah, Arizona and Colorado
Idaho
- City of Rocks National Reserve
- Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
- Experimental Breeder Reactor Number 1 National Historic Landmark
- Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
- Yellowstone National Park
Montana
Nebraska
- Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
- Chimney Rock National Historic Site
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Scotts Bluff National Monument
Nevada
- Death Valley National Park
- Great Basin National Park
- Lake Mead National Recreation Area (Arizona and Nevada)
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
New Mexico
- Aztec Ruins National Monument
- Bandelier National Monument
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park
- El Malpais National Conservation Area
- El Malpais National Monument
- El Morro National Monument
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
- Pecos National Historical Park
- Petroglyphs National Monument
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
- White Sands National Monument
Oregon
South Dakota
- Badlands National Park
- Jewel Cave National Monument
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- Wind Cave National Park
Utah
- Arches National Park
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Calf Creek Recreation Area
- Canyonlands National Park
- Capitol Reef National Park
- Cedar Breaks National Monument
- Dinosaur National Monument
- Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
- Golden Spike National Historic Site
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
- Hovenweep National Monument
- Moab Area
- Natural Bridges National Monument
- Pony Express Trail National Backcountry Byway and National Historic Trail
- San Rafael Swell
- Timpanogos Cave National Monument in American Fork Canyon
- Trail of the Ancients Scenic Backway, Utah, Arizona and Colorado
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
- Wasatch Mountains
- Zion National Park
Washington
- Mt. Rainier National Park
- Mt. Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument
- North Cascades National Park Service Complex
- Olympic National Park
Wyoming
- Fossil Butte National Monument
- Grand Teton National Park
- John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway
- Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Yellowstone National Park
Books and Resources
- Death, Daring, and Disaster: Search and Rescue in the National Parks
- Complete Guide to America's National Parks
- Complete Guide to the National Park Lodges
- Geology of National Parks
- Hiker's Guide To Our National Parks
- National Parks of the West
- National Parks: The American Experience
- Regreening the National Parks
- Sierra Club Guides to the National Parks: Desert Southwest
Related Sites
Remember to bookmark this site before you venture off down these side trails. They lead to other Web sites that we do not control. We cannot vouch for the content on, nor do we endorse, these sites. The following links are intended to assist you in your quest for further related information. If you discover a broken link, or a link with inappropriate content, or know of a link that should be listed here, please let us know.
- American Antiquities Act of 1906
- Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979
- Mapping the National Parks
- National Landscape Conservation System
BLM national monuments. - National Park Foundation
11 Dupont Circle, N.W.; Washington, DC 20036; Phone: 202-785-4500 - National Park Pass
Phone: 888-467-2757 - National Park Reservation Service
Phone: 800-365-2267. - National Park Service Restrictions and Regulations
- National Parks Conservation Association
Protecting parks for future generations. - National Parks Gallery
Photos, maps, and Web cams. - National Recreation Reservation Service
Phone: 877-444-6777. - National Wildlife Refuge System
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Phone: 800-344-9453 - Natural Resource Challenge
- NPCA Scrapbook
Share photos and park memories. - See America's National Parks
- Ten Most Endangered National Parks
- U.S. National Parks Links
- Western National Parks Association
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