Browns Canyon National Monument
A granite canyon of the Arkansas River between Buena Vista and Salida, Colorado, with classic whitewater and trails to the river.
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Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Where three mountain ranges meet above Ashland, Oregon, with Pacific Crest Trail walks to Hobart Bluff and Pilot Rock.
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Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
Thousands of ancestral Puebloan sites in southwest Colorado, with short pueblo walks and the cliff dwellings of Sand Canyon.
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Grand Portage National Monument
A reconstructed fur-trade depot on Lake Superior and the 8.5-mile (13.7 km) Grand Portage trail, near Thunder Bay.
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Rainbow Bridge National Monument
A 290-foot (88 m) sandstone bridge by Lake Powell, reached by boat and a short walk or by long trails across the Navajo Nation.
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Navajo National Monument
The cliff villages of Betatakin and Keet Seel in Tsegi Canyon, with an easy overlook trail and a 17-mile (27 km) permit hike.
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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Mogollon cliff dwellings in five caves, on the edge of the Gila Wilderness and its hot-spring river routes.
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San Juan Islands National Monument
Headlands, meadows and two lighthouses scattered across Washington’s San Juan Islands, a ferry ride from British Columbia.
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Carrizo Plain National Monument
California’s largest native grassland, with spring wildflowers, Soda Lake and the San Andreas Fault in plain view.
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Giant Sequoia National Monument
Thirty-three groves of giant sequoias in Sequoia National Forest, with the paved Trail of 100 Giants and the ancient Boole Tree.
