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List of rock formations in the United States


List of rock formations in the United States


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

Arizona

  • Antelope Canyon
  • Canyon de Chelly National Monument
    • Spider Rock
  • Capitol Butte
  • Cathedral Rock, Red Rock State Park, Sedona
  • Cathedral Rock (Coconino County, Arizona)
  • Chaistla Butte
  • Chiricahua National Monument
    • Big Balanced Rock
    • Duck on a Rock
    • Mushroom Rock
    • Natural Bridge
    • Organ Pipe
    • Pinnacle Balanced Rock
    • Punch and Judy
    • Sea Captain
  • Church Rock
  • Comb Ridge
  • Coyote Buttes
    • The Wave
  • Grand Canyon
    • Angels Gate
    • Angels Window
    • Apollo Temple
    • Brahma Temple
    • Buddha Temple
    • Cheops Pyramid
    • Chuar Butte
    • Coronado Butte
    • Deva Temple
    • Dox Castle
    • Explorers Monument
    • Gunther Castle
    • Holy Grail Temple
    • Horseshoe Mesa
    • Manu Temple
    • Marsh Butte
    • Mount Hayden
    • Mount Sinyella
    • O'Neill Butte
    • Shiva Temple
    • Sinking Ship
    • Tower of Ra
    • Tower of Set
    • Vishnu Temple
    • Wotans Throne
    • Zoroaster Temple
    • Numerous other named buttes, mesas, and "temples"
  • Hole-in-the-Rock, Papago Park, Phoenix
  • LeChee Rock
  • Monument Valley
    • Hunts Mesa
    • Merrick Butte
    • The Mitten Buttes
    • North Window
    • Three Sisters
    • The Thumb
    • Totem Pole
  • Owl Rock
  • Petrified Forest National Park
    • Agate Bridge
  • Phallic Rock
  • Square Butte
  • Tonto Natural Bridge
  • Tower Butte
  • Weaver Needle, Superstition Mountains
  • Window Rock

California

  • Alabama Hills
    • Mobius Arch
    • Shark Fin
  • Bald Rock Dome
  • Bird Rock
  • Buttermilk Country
  • Calaveras Dome
  • Castle Crags
  • Castro Rocks
  • Charlotte Dome, Kings Canyon National Park
  • Death Valley National Park
    • The Grandstand
    • Manly Beacon
    • Zabriskie Point
  • Devils Postpile
  • Eagle Rock, Los Angeles
  • Eagle Rock, Pacific Crest Trail
  • Elephants Playground
  • Frog Woman Rock
  • Giant Rock
  • Goat Buttes
  • Gull Rock
  • Indian Rock, Indian Rock Park
  • Joshua Tree National Park
    • Skull Rock
  • Lover's Leap
  • Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve
  • Moro Rock, Sequoia National Park
  • Morro Rock
  • Mussel Rock
  • Nine Sisters (aka "The Morros"), San Luis Obispo
  • Pinnacles National Park
  • Potato Chip Rock
  • Rainbow Basin
  • Red Rock Canyon
  • Robbers Roost
  • San Pedro Rock
  • Santee Boulders
  • Scotia Bluffs
  • Seal Rocks (San Francisco, California)
  • Seal Rock (San Mateo County, California)
  • Sears Rock
  • Stoney Point
  • Suicide Rock
  • Sutter Buttes
  • Tahquitz Rock
  • Trona Pinnacles
  • Vasquez Rocks
  • Yosemite National Park
    • Cathedral Rocks
    • Clouds Rest
    • El Capitan
    • Glacier Point
    • Half Dome
    • Kolana Rock
    • Leaning Tower
    • Lembert Dome
    • Little Devils Postpile
    • Lost Arrow Spire
    • Royal Arches
    • Sentinel Rock
    • Three Brothers

Colorado

  • Castle Rock
  • Chimney Rock
  • Chimney Rock (Jackson Butte)
  • Colorado National Monument
    • Coke Ovens
    • Devils Kitchen
    • Grand View Spire
    • Independence Monument
    • Kissing Couple
    • Pipe Organ
    • Sentinel Spire
    • Terra Tower
    • Window Rock
  • Curecanti Needle
  • Garden of the Gods
  • Lizard Head
  • Painted Wall, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
  • Petit Grepon, Rocky Mountain National Park
  • Point Lookout, Mesa Verde National Park
  • Red Rocks Amphitheatre
  • Steamboat Rock
  • Wheeler Geologic Area

Georgia

  • Broxton Rocks
  • Rock City, Lookout Mountain
  • Stone Mountain

Hawaii

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

Idaho

  • City of Rocks National Reserve
  • Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve

Illinois

  • Garden of the Gods, Shawnee National Forest

Indiana

  • Devil's Backbone, near Charlestown
  • Hanging Rock, near Lagro
  • Jug Rock, near Shoals
  • Portland Arch, near Fountain

Iowa

  • Gitchie Manitou State Preserve, Granite, Lyon County

Kansas

  • Castle Rock, Quinter
  • Monument Rocks, Oakley
  • Mushroom Rock State Park, Carneiro
  • Rock City, Minneapolis

Kentucky

  • Mantle Rock, Livingston County
  • Natural Bridge
  • Red River Gorge
    • Raven Rock

Massachusetts

  • Farley Ledges
  • Mother Ann
  • Plymouth Rock
  • Profile Rock
  • Redemption Rock

Michigan

  • Arch Rock (Mackinac County)
  • Big Rock (Montmorency County)
  • Brockway Mountain (Keweenaw County)
  • Castle Rock (Mackinac County)
  • Chapel Rock (Alger County)
  • Chapel Cove (Alger County)
  • Devil's Kitchen (Mackinac County)
  • Grand Portal Point (Alger County)
  • Hendrie River Water Cave (Mackinac County)
  • Huron Mountains (Baraga & (Marquette Counties)
  • Isle Royale (Keweenaw County)
  • Lake Michigan Stonehenge (Grand Traverse County)
  • Lake of the Clouds (Ontonagon County)
  • Lovers' Leap (Alger County)
  • Miner's Castle (Alger County)
  • Presque Isle & Little Presque Isle (Marquette County)
  • Skull Cave (Mackinac County)
  • Tahquamenon Falls (Chippewa & Luce Counties)
  • Turnip Rock (Huron County)
  • The Thumbnail (Huron County)

Minnesota

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

Missouri

  • Elephant Rocks State Park, Iron County
  • Grand Gulf State Park, Oregon County
  • Hughes Mountain, Washington County
  • Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, Reynolds County
  • Tower Rock, Perry County

Montana

  • Beaverhead Rock
  • Castle Rock Spire
  • Chief Mountain, Glacier National Park
  • Chinese Wall
  • Devil's Slide
  • Eye of the Needle (collapsed in 1997)
  • LaBarge Rock
  • Makoshika State Park
  • Medicine Rocks State Park
  • Pompeys Pillar
  • Pumpelly Pillar

Nebraska

  • Chimney Rock
  • Courthouse and Jail Rocks
  • Scotts Bluff National Monument

Nevada

  • Bridge Mountain's natural arch
  • Lexington Arch, Great Basin National Park
  • Little Finland, Gold Butte National Monument
  • Red Rock Canyon
  • Valley of Fire State Park
    • Elephant Rock
    • Fire Wave (similar to but smaller than The Wave in Arizona)
    • Natural Arch (collapsed in 2010)

New Hampshire

  • Madison Boulder
  • Old Man of the Mountain (collapsed in 2003)

New Jersey

  • Delaware Water Gap
  • The Palisades
  • Tripod Rock

New Mexico

  • Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area
  • Barber Peak
  • Bennett Peak
  • Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness
  • Cathedral Cliff
  • City of Rocks State Park, Grant County
  • Echo Amphitheater
  • El Morro National Monument
  • Ford Butte
  • Kneeling Nun, Hanover, Grant County
  • Mitten Rock
  • Natural Bridge, Corona, Lincoln County
  • Needles Eye, Cooney, Catron County
  • Needles Eye Arch and Little Needles Eye Arch, Florida Mountains, Luna County
  • Saddle Rock, Grant County
  • Shiprock
  • Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, Cochiti
  • Tooth of Time, Colfax County
  • Victorio Peak

New York

  • Chimney Bluffs State Park
  • Lemon Squeezer, Harriman State Park
  • The Palisades
  • Rat Rock
    • Rat Rock, Central Park, New York City
    • Rat Rock (Morningside Heights), New York City
  • Sam's Point Preserve
  • Stark's Knob
  • Watkins Glen State Park

North Carolina

  • Blowing Rock
  • Chimney Rock State Park
  • Hanging Rock State Park
    • Cook’s Wall
    • Hanging Rock
    • House Rock
    • Moore’s Knob
    • Wolf Rock
  • Judaculla Rock
  • Looking Glass Rock
  • McRae Peak, Grandfather Mountain

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
  • Llao Rock
  • Malheur Butte, Malheur County
  • Mitchell Point
  • Pilot Rock, Jackson County
  • Rooster Rock, Multnomah County
  • Smith Rock, Deschutes County
  • Skinner Butte, Lane County
  • Spencer Butte, Lane County

Pennsylvania

  • Bilger's Rocks
  • Delaware Water Gap
  • Indian God Rock
  • Ticklish Rock

South Dakota

  • Mount Rushmore
  • The Needles, Custer State Park

Tennessee

  • Chimney Rocks, Campbell County
  • Twin Arches, Pickett County

Texas

  • Big Bend National Park
    • Elephant Tusk
    • Mule Ears
    • Santa Elena Canyon
  • Duffy's Peak
  • El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains National Park
  • Enchanted Rock, Gillespie County/Llano County
  • Hueco Tanks, Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site, El Paso County
  • Palo Duro Canyon, Amarillo
  • Spy Rock, Mason County

Utah

  • Arches National Park
    • Balanced Rock
    • Courthouse Towers
    • Dark Angel
    • Delicate Arch
    • Devils Garden
    • Double Arch
    • Fiery Furnace
    • Landscape Arch
    • Petrified Dunes
    • The Phallus
    • Wall Arch (collapsed in 2008)
  • Bears Ears National Monument
    • Bridger Jack Butte
    • Sixshooter Peaks
  • Bottleneck Peak
  • Boundary Butte
  • Bryce Canyon National Park
    • Sinking Ship
    • Thor's Hammer
  • Buttes of the Cross
  • Canyonlands National Park
    • Airport Tower
    • Angel Arch
    • Aztec Butte
    • Candlestick Tower
    • Chip and Dale Towers
    • Druid Arch
    • Elaterite Butte
    • Island in the Sky
    • Islet in the Sky
    • Junction Butte
    • Mesa Arch
    • Outlaw Spire
    • Tiki Tower
    • Monster Tower
    • Upheaval Dome
    • Washer Woman
    • Whale Rock
    • Zeus and Moses
  • Capitol Reef National Park
    • Capitol Dome
    • Capitol Gorge
    • Cassidy Arch
    • The Castle
    • Cathedral Mountain
    • Chimney Rock
    • EPH Hanks Tower
    • Ferns Nipple
    • Golden Throne
    • Hickman Bridge
    • Jailhouse Rock
    • Navajo Dome
    • Needle Mountain
    • Pectols Pyramid
    • Temples of the Sun and Moon
    • Waterpocket Fold
  • Castle Rock
  • Castleton Tower
  • Cave Knoll
  • Cedar Breaks National Monument
  • Corona Arch
  • Coyote Buttes
  • Dead Horse Point State Park
  • Devil's Slide
  • Dominguez Butte
  • Eagle Crags
  • Ekker Butte
  • Elephant Rock, Kings Canyon, Millard County
  • Fantasy Canyon
  • Fisher Towers
  • Goblin Valley State Park
    • Mollys Castle
    • Wild Horse Butte
  • Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
    • Coyote Gulch
    • Devils Garden
    • Grosvenor Arch
    • Hole in the Rock
    • Peekaboo Canyon
    • Spooky Canyon
    • Zebra Canyon
  • Gregory Butte
  • Gunsight Butte
  • Kodachrome Basin State Park
  • Lone Rock (Lake Powell)
  • Merrimac Butte
  • Mexican Hat
  • Natural Bridges National Monument
    • Kachina Natural Bridge
    • Owachomo Natural Bridge
    • Sipapu Natural Bridge
  • Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument
  • Notch Peak
  • Parriott Mesa
  • Rainbow Bridge National Monument
  • San Rafael Reef
  • Sister Superior
  • The Convent
  • The Rectory
  • Valley of the Gods
  • Wilson Arch
  • Zion National Park
    • Aires Butte
    • Altar of Sacrifice
    • Angel's Landing
    • Ant Hill
    • Bee Hive
    • Checkerboard Mesa
    • Court of the Patriarchs
    • The East Temple
    • The Great White Throne
    • Kolob Arch
    • Meridian Tower
    • Narrows
    • North Guardian Angel
    • The Organ
    • Paria Point
    • The Pulpit
    • The Sentinel
    • South Guardian Angel
    • The Subway
    • The Watchman
    • The West Temple
    • Three Patriarchs
    • Three Marys
    • The Witch Head
    • Towers of the Virgin

Vermont

  • The Beam

Virginia

  • Humpback Rock
  • Natural Bridge
  • Natural Chimneys

Washington

  • Beacon Rock, Columbia River Gorge
  • Cupalo Rock
  • Gilhooley Tower
  • Jabberwocky Tower
  • Lexington Tower
  • Omak Rock
  • Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park
  • Sims Corner Eskers and Kames National Natural Landmark
  • Steamboat Rock, Steamboat Rock State Park
  • Steeple Rock, Olympic National Park
  • The Tooth

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

  • Devil's Gate
  • Devils Tower
  • Hell's Half Acre
  • Independence Rock
  • Pinnacle Buttes
  • Teapot Rock
  • Vedauwoo

References


Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: List of rock formations in the United States by Wikipedia (Historical)


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