List of rock formations in the United States

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

Arizona[]

Spider Rock
Pinnacle Balanced Rock
The West and East Mitten Buttes
Window Rock

California[]

Devils Postpile
Skull Rock
Moro Rock
Vasquez Rocks
El Capitan
  • 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[]

Painted Wall

Georgia[]

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

Hawaii[]

Iao Needle
  • 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[]

Iowa[]

Kansas[]

Mushroom Rock

Kentucky[]

Massachusetts[]

Plymouth Rock

Michigan[]

  • Arch Rock
    Miner's Castle
    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[]

Johnson's Shut-Ins

Montana[]

Chief Mountain

Nebraska[]

Chimney Rock

Nevada[]

Lexington Arch
  • 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[]

New Jersey[]

  • The Palisades

New Mexico[]

Shiprock
  • 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

North Carolina[]

Oklahoma[]

Oregon[]

Wizard Island
Smith Rock

Pennsylvania[]

South Dakota[]

The Needles
  • Mount Rushmore
  • The Needles, Custer State Park

Tennessee[]

  • Chimney Rocks, Campbell County[3]
  • Twin Arches, Pickett County[4]

Texas[]

El Capitan Reef
  • 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[]

Delicate Arch
Thor's Hammer
Thor's Hammer
Mesa Arch
Waterpocket Fold
Toadstool, Fisher Towers
Zebra Canyon
Rainbow Bridge
Entrance to The Subway

Vermont[]

Virginia[]

Natural Bridge

Washington[]

West Virginia[]

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

Wisconsin[]

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

Wyoming[]

Independence Rock

References[]

  1. ^ "Mantle Rock Preserve". nps.gov. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "The Real Story of Mantle Rock". nps.gov. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "History of Campbell County, Tennessee: Communities of Campbell County: Cotula". tngennet.org. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  4. ^ "Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: Twin Arches". nps.gov. April 14, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
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