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

• Agathla Peak
• 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
• Elephants Tooth
• 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
• Camel Butte
• Cly Butte
• Elephant Butte
• Gray Whiskers
• Hunts Mesa
• Merrick Butte
• Mitchell Butte
• The Mitten Buttes
• North Window
• Rain God Mesa
• Rooster Rock
• Spearhead Mesa
• Three Sisters
• The Thumb
• Thunderbird Mesa
• Totem Pole
• 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

• 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
• 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

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

Idaho

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

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

• Bead Mountain Formation
• Cheyenne Buttes
• Chimney Rock
• Courthouse and Jail Rocks
• Eagle's Eye Rock
• Flannigan Butte
• Scotts Bluff National Monument
• Smokestack Rock
• Steamboat Butte
• Sugar Loaf Butte
• Toadstool Formation

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
• La Ventana Natural Arch
• 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

• 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
• Rock City State Forest
• 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
• Llao Rock
• Phantom Ship
• The Pinnacles
• Wizard Island
• Crown Point, Multnomah County
• Devils Punch Bowl, Lincoln County
• Face Rock, Coos County
• Fort Rock, Lake County
• Haystack Rock, Clatsop County
• Haystack Rock, Tillamook County
• The Honeycombs, Malheur County
• John Day Fossil Beds
• Clarno Palisades, Wheeler County
• Sheep Rock, Grant County
• Leslie Gulch, Malheur County
• Malheur Butte, Malheur County
• Mitchell Point, Hood River County
• Natural Bridges,Curry County
• Newberry Volcano, Deschutes County
• Big Obsidian Flow
• Lava Butte
• Paulina Peak
• Old Man and Old Woman Pinnacles, Douglas County
• Pillars of Rome, Malheur County
• Pilot Rock, Jackson County
• Proposal Rock, Tillamook County
• Rooster Rock, Multnomah County
• Smith Rock, Deschutes County
• Steens Mountain, Harney County
• Steins Pillar, Crook County
• Skinner Butte, Lane County
• Spencer Butte, Lane County
• Table Rocks, Jackson 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

• 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)
• Battleship Butte
• Bears Ears National Monument
• Bridger Jack Butte
• Sixshooter Peaks
• United Nations Tablet
• 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
• Family Butte
• Fantasy Canyon
• Fisher Towers
• Ancient Art
• Cottontail Tower
• Echo Tower
• Kingfisher Tower
• The Oracle
• The Titan
• 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
• Gunnison Butte
• Gunsight Butte
• Kodachrome Basin State Park
• Lone Rock (Lake Powell)
• Merrimac Butte
• Mexican Hat
• Monument Valley
• Big Indian
• Brighams Tomb
• Castle Rock
• King-on-his-Throne
• Setting Hen
• Stagecoach
• 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
• Battleship Rock
• Bell Butte
• Castle Butte
• De Gaulle and His Troops
• Franklin Butte
• Lady in the Bathtub
• Rooster Butte
• Setting Hen Butte
• Seven Sailors
• 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

• 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

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