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
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- Antelope Canyon
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument
- 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
- 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
- Owl Rock
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Agate Bridge
- Phallic Rock
- Round Rock
- Square Butte
- Tonto Natural Bridge
- Tower Butte
- Two Nuns
- Weaver Needle, Superstition Mountains
- Window Rock
California
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- 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
Colorado
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- 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
[edit]Hawaii
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Idaho
[edit]Illinois
[edit]Indiana
[edit]- Devil's Backbone, near Charlestown
- Hanging Rock, near Lagro
- Jug Rock, near Shoals
- Portland Arch, near Fountain
Iowa
[edit]Kansas
[edit]
- Castle Rock, Quinter
- Monument Rocks, Oakley
- Mushroom Rock State Park, Carneiro
- Rock City, Minneapolis
Kentucky
[edit]- Mantle Rock, Livingston County[1][2]
- Natural Bridge
- Red River Gorge
Massachusetts
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Michigan
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Arch Rock 
Miner's Castle - 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
[edit]- Barn Bluff
- Devil's Kettle, Judge C. R. Magney State Park
- In-Yan-Teopa, Frontenac State Park
- Palisade Head
- Sugar Loaf
Missouri
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- 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
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- 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
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Nevada
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- 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
[edit]- Madison Boulder
- Old Man of the Mountain (collapsed in 2003)
New Jersey
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New Mexico
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- 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
- Navajo Church
- Needles Eye, Cooney, Catron County
- Needles Eye Arch and Little Needles Eye Arch, Florida Mountains, Luna County
- Pyramid Rock
- Saddle Rock, Grant County
- Shiprock
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, Cochiti
- Tooth of Time, Colfax County
- Victorio Peak
New York
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- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Oregon
[edit]
- Crater Lake
- 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
[edit]South Dakota
[edit]
Tennessee
[edit]- Chimney Rocks, Campbell County[3]
- Twin Arches, Pickett County[4]
Texas
[edit]
- 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
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- Adobe Mesa
- Arches National Park
- Argon Tower
- Balanced Rock
- Courthouse Towers
- Dark Angel
- Delicate Arch
- Devils Garden
- Double Arch
- Fiery Furnace
- Jello Tower
- Landscape Arch
- Marching Men
- Mars Hotel
- Petrified Dunes
- Queen Nefertiti Rock
- Queen Victoria Rock
- Sheep Rock
- The Candelabrum
- The Organ
- The Phallus
- Three Penguins
- Tower of Babel
- Wall Arch (collapsed in 2008)
- Bears Ears National Monument
- Bottleneck Peak
- Boundary Butte
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Sinking Ship
- Thor's Hammer
- Buttes of the Cross
- Canyonlands National Park
- 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
- Family Butte
- Fantasy Canyon
- Fisher Towers
- Goblin Valley State Park
- 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
- Monument Valley
- 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
- Square Top
- 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
- Northgate Peaks
- 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
[edit]Virginia
[edit]
Washington
[edit]- 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
[edit]
Wisconsin
[edit]Wyoming
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mantle Rock Preserve". nps.gov. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "The Real Story of Mantle Rock". nps.gov. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "History of Campbell County, Tennessee: Communities of Campbell County: Cotula". tngennet.org. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ "Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: Twin Arches". nps.gov. April 14, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2018.