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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Canyon_de_Chelly_Spider_Rock.jpg/220px-Canyon_de_Chelly_Spider_Rock.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/A089%2C_Chiricahua_National_Monument%2C_Arizona%2C_USA%2C_2004.jpg/220px-A089%2C_Chiricahua_National_Monument%2C_Arizona%2C_USA%2C_2004.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/MonumentValley_640px.jpg/220px-MonumentValley_640px.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Window_rock_AZ.jpg/220px-Window_rock_AZ.jpg)
- 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
- 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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Devils_postpile_NM.jpg/220px-Devils_postpile_NM.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Joshua_Tree_Nationalpark_Skull_Rock_IMG_20180413_160340.jpg/170px-Joshua_Tree_Nationalpark_Skull_Rock_IMG_20180413_160340.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Moro_Rock-View_from_Potwisha.jpg/220px-Moro_Rock-View_from_Potwisha.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Vasquez_Rocks_County_Park.jpg/220px-Vasquez_Rocks_County_Park.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Yosemite_El_Capitan.jpg/220px-Yosemite_El_Capitan.jpg)
- 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
- 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
Hawaii
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/2011_Oct_01_Iao_Needle_%28Crop%29.jpg/170px-2011_Oct_01_Iao_Needle_%28Crop%29.jpg)
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
- Devil's Backbone, near Charlestown
- Hanging Rock, near Lagro
- Jug Rock, near Shoals
- Portland Arch, near Fountain
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Michigan
Arch Rock Arch Rock (Mackinac County)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
- Barn Bluff
- Devil's Kettle, Judge C. R. Magney State Park
- In-Yan-Teopa, Frontenac State Park
- Palisade Head
- Sugar Loaf
Missouri
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Johnsons_Shutins_panorama_20141024_A.jpg/220px-Johnsons_Shutins_panorama_20141024_A.jpg)
Montana
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Chief_Mountain.jpg/220px-Chief_Mountain.jpg)
Nebraska
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Chimney_Rock_2009.jpg/220px-Chimney_Rock_2009.jpg)
Nevada
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Lexington_Arch.jpg/220px-Lexington_Arch.jpg)
- 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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/A608%2C_Tripod_Rock%2C_Pyramid_Mountain_Natural_Historic_Area%2C_Morris_County%2C_New_Jersey%2C_United_States%2C_2019.jpg/220px-A608%2C_Tripod_Rock%2C_Pyramid_Mountain_Natural_Historic_Area%2C_Morris_County%2C_New_Jersey%2C_United_States%2C_2019.jpg)
New Mexico
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Shiprock.snodgrass3.jpg/220px-Shiprock.snodgrass3.jpg)
- 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
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
Oregon
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Wizard_island_crater_lake_5.jpg/220px-Wizard_island_crater_lake_5.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Smith_Rock_in_the_Afternoon.jpg/220px-Smith_Rock_in_the_Afternoon.jpg)
- 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
South Dakota
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Black_Hills_-Needles-31.jpg/220px-Black_Hills_-Needles-31.jpg)
Tennessee
- Chimney Rocks, Campbell County[3]
- Twin Arches, Pickett County[4]
Texas
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/GuadalupeMtns_2006_cropped.jpg/220px-GuadalupeMtns_2006_cropped.jpg)
Utah
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Delicate_arch_sunset.jpg/220px-Delicate_arch_sunset.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Thor%27s_Hammer_-_Bryce_Canyon.jpg/220px-Thor%27s_Hammer_-_Bryce_Canyon.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Mesa_Arch_Canyonlands_sunrise.jpg/220px-Mesa_Arch_Canyonlands_sunrise.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/2008-0914-CapitolReef-WaterpocketFold1.jpg/220px-2008-0914-CapitolReef-WaterpocketFold1.jpg)
- Arches National Park
- 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
- 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
- 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
Virginia
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Natural_Bridge%2C_Rockbridge_County%2C_VA.jpg/170px-Natural_Bridge%2C_Rockbridge_County%2C_VA.jpg)
Washington
West Virginia
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Seneca_Rocks_West_Virginia_USA.jpg/220px-Seneca_Rocks_West_Virginia_USA.jpg)
Wisconsin
Wyoming
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Independence_Rock_WY.jpg/220px-Independence_Rock_WY.jpg)
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