Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Red sandstone canyons on the Navajo Nation, with rim overlooks, the White House Trail and guided trips among cliff dwellings and farms.
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Hovenweep National Monument
Stone towers on canyon rims along the Colorado-Utah border, with a loop around the Square Tower Group and a slot-canyon trail.
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Jewel Cave National Monument
One of the world’s longest caves, crusted with calcite crystals, beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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Scotts Bluff National Monument
The Oregon Trail’s great landmark, rising 800 feet (240 m) above the North Platte River, with a summit road and trail.
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Petrified redwood stumps and fossil insects in a mountain valley west of Colorado Springs, with easy trails and meadow loops.
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Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve
A rare marble cave and old-growth forest trails in the Siskiyou Mountains of southwest Oregon.
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Capulin Volcano National Monument
A near-perfect cinder cone on New Mexico’s high plains, with a road to the rim and a trail around the crater.
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Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Three linked limestone caves high on a canyon wall near Salt Lake City, reached by a steep paved trail and a ranger-led tour.
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Walnut Canyon National Monument
Sinagua cliff dwellings on limestone ledges just east of Flagstaff, circled by a stepped loop of 1 mile (1.6 km).
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Wupatki National Monument
Stone pueblos on the high desert north of Flagstaff, including the largest in northern Arizona, on a loop road with Sunset Crater.
