List of rock formations in the United States explained

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
• 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^{[1] [2]}
• 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
• 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
• 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^[3]
• Twin Arches, Pickett County^[4]

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.nps.gov/trte/learn/historyculture/mantlerockpreserve.htm "Mantle Rock Preserve"
2. https://www.nps.gov/trte/historyculture/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=2316638 "The Real Story of Mantle Rock"
3. http://tngennet.org/campbell/history/comm.html "History of Campbell County, Tennessee: Communities of Campbell County: Cotula"
4. https://www.nps.gov/biso/learn/nature/twinarches.htm "Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: Twin Arches"