List of rock formations in the United States

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

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Arizona

Spider Rock

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The mittens

• Antelope Canyon
• Canyon de Chelly National Monument
  • Spider Rock
• Chiricahua National Monument
  • Duck on a Rock
  • Organ Pipe
  • Mushroom Rock
  • Sea Captain
• Monument Valley
  • Hunts Mesa
  • Mittens
  • North Window
  • Three Sisters
  • The Thumb
  • Totem Pole
• Petrified Forest National Park
  • Agate Bridge
• Window Rock

California

Devil's Postpile

Skull Rock

El Capitan

• Alabama Hills
• Bird Rock
• Castle Crags
• Devil's Postpile
• Gull Rock
• Indian Rock, Indian Rock Park
• Moro Rock, Sequoia National Park
• Mussel Rock
• Nine Sisters (aka "The Morros"), San Luis Obispo
• Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)
• San Pedro Rock
• Seal Rock (San Francisco County, California)
• Seal Rock (San Mateo County, California)
• Sears Rock
• Skull Rock, Joshua Tree National Park
• Tahquitz
• Vasquez Rocks
• Yosemite Valley/Yosemite National Park
  • Cathedral Rocks
  • Cathedral Spires
  • Clouds Rest
  • El Capitan
  • Glacier Point
  • Half Dome
  • Lembert Dome
  • Sentinel Rock
  • Three Brothers

Colorado

Painted Wall

• Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs
• Painted Wall (Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park)
• Red Rocks

Georgia

• Stone Mountain, Atlanta

Hawaii

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

Idaho

• City of Rocks National Reserve, Burley

Illinois

Garden of the Gods

• Garden of the Gods, Shawnee National Forest

Indiana

• Devil's Backbone, near Charlestown

Iowa

• Gitchie Manitou Rocks, Lyon County

Kansas

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Mushroom Rock

• Mushroom Rock State Park, Marquette
• Rock City

Massachusetts

Plymouth Rock

• Plymouth Rock
• Profile Rock, Freetown State Forest, Assonet
• Mother Ann, Gloucester

Michigan

• Miner's Castle, Munising

Minnesota

• Devil's Kettle, Judge C. R. Magney State Park
• In-Yan-Teopa, Frontenac State Park
• Palisade Head

Missouri

• Tower Rock, Perry County

Montana

Chief Mountain

• Glacier National Park
  • Chief Mountain
  • Mount Cleveland
  • Mount Grinnell
  • Mount Siyeh
  • Triple Divide Peak
• Pompeys Pillar National Monument

Nebraska

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Chimney Rock

• Chimney Rock National Historic Site

courthouse and jail rocks

Nevada

Lexington Arch

• Lexington Arch, Great Basin National Park
• Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
• Valley of Fire, Clark County, Nevada
  • Elephant Rock
  • Natural Arch (collapsed in 2010)

New Hampshire

• Old Man of the Mountain (collapsed in 2003)

New Jersey

• The Palisades (Hudson River)

New Mexico

Shiprock, NW New Mexico

• City of Rocks State Park, Grant County
• Kneeling Nun, Hanover, Grant County
• Natural Bridge, Corona, Lincoln County
• Needles Eye Arch and Little Needles Eye Arch, Florida Mountains, Luna County
• Saddle Rock, Grant County
• Shiprock
• Tent Rocks, Cochiti (called Kasha-Katuwe in the language of the Cochiti people)
• The Needles Eye, Cooney, Catron County
• Tooth of Time, Colfax County

New York

• Lemon Squeezer, Harriman State Park
• Rat Rock, Central Park, New York City
• Chimney Bluffs State Park
• The Palisades (Hudson River)

North Carolina

• Chimney Rock State Park

Oklahoma

• Rock Mary

Oregon

Wizard Island

• Crater Lake
  • Phantom Ship
  • Wizard Island
• Fort Rock, Lake County
• Haystack Rock, Clatsop County
• Haystack Rock, Tillamook County
• The Honeycombs, Malheur County
• Smith Rock, Deschutes County

South Dakota

• Mount Rushmore
• Needles

Tennessee

• Rock City, Chattanooga
• Backbone Rock, Johnson County, Tennessee
• Tennessee arches/natural bridges and rock formations

Texas

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El Capitan reef

• El Capitan, Guadalupe Mountains National Park
• Palo Duro Canyon, Amarillo
• Hueco Tanks, Big Bend, Brewster County
• Enchanted Rock, Gillespie County/Llano County

Utah

Delicate Arch at sunset

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Thor's Hammer

Mesa Arch at sunrise, Island in the Sky district

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Aerial view of Waterpocket Fold

Dead Horse Point

Notch Peak at sunset

Entrance to the Subway

• Arches National Park
  • Balanced Rock
  • Courthouse Towers
  • Dark Angel
  • Delicate Arch
  • Devil's Garden
  • Double Arch
  • Fiery Furnace
  • Landscape Arch
  • Petrified dunes
  • The Phallus
  • Wall Arch (collapsed in 2008)
• Bryce Canyon National Park
  • Sinking Ship
  • Thor's Hammer
• Canyonlands National Park
  • Druid Arch
  • Island in the Sky
  • Mesa Arch
  • Upheaval Dome
• Capitol Reef National Park
  • Capitol Dome
  • Capitol Gorge
  • Cassidy Arch
  • The Castle
  • Golden Throne
  • Hickman Bridge
  • Waterpocket Fold
• Dead Horse Point State Park
• Devil's Slide
• Elephant Rock in Kings Canyon, Millard County
• Goblin Valley State Park
• Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
  • Devil's Garden
  • Grosvenor Arch
• Kodachrome Basin State Park
• Mexican Hat
• Natural Bridges National Monument
  • Kachina Natural Bridge
  • Owachomo Natural Bridge
  • Sipapu Natural Bridge
• Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument
• Notch Peak
• Rainbow Bridge National Monument
• Zion National Park
  • Angel's Landing
  • Checkerboard Mesa
  • The Great White Throne
  • Kolob Arch
  • The Subway
  • The Three Patriarchs
  • Zion Narrows

Washington

• Beacon Rock, Columbia River Gorge
• Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park
• Steamboat Rock, Steamboat Rock State Park

West Virginia

Seneca Rocks

• Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

Independence Rock in Natrona County, Wyoming

• Independence Rock
• Teapot Rock
• Vedauwoo
• Devils Tower