List of rock formations in the United States

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

Arizona

• Antelope Canyon
• Canyon de Chelly National Monument
  • Spider Rock
• Chiricahua National Monument
  • Big Balanced Rock
  • Duck on a Rock
  • Mushroom Rock
  • Natural Bridge
  • Organ Pipe
  • Pinnacle Balanced Rock
  • Punch and Judy
  • Sea Captain
• Grand Canyon
  • Angels Window
  • Cheops Pyramid
  • Horseshoe Mesa
  • Sumner Butte
  • Zoroaster Temple and many other named buttes, mesas and 'temples'
• Monument Valley
  • Hunts Mesa
  • Merrick Butte
  • The Mitten Buttes
  • North Window
  • Three Sisters
  • The Thumb
  • Totem Pole
• Petrified Forest National Park
  • Agate Bridge
• The Wave
• Window Rock

California

• 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

• Colorado National Monument
  • Devils Kitchen
  • Independence Monument
  • Window Rock
• Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs
• Painted Wall, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
• Red Rocks
• Wheeler Geologic Area

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, Shawnee National Forest

Indiana

• Devil's Backbone, near Charlestown

Iowa

• Gitchie Manitou State Preserve, Granite, Lyon County

Kansas

• Monument Rocks National Natural Landmark, Oakley
• Mushroom Rock State Park, Carneiro
• Rock City, Minneapolis

Kentucky

• Natural Bridge, Slade, KY
• Mantle Rock, Livingston County, KY

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

• Miner's Castle, Munising
• Turnip Rock

Minnesota

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

Missouri

• Tower Rock, Perry County

Montana

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

Nebraska

• Chimney Rock National Historic Site
• Courthouse and Jail Rocks

Nevada

• Lexington Arch, Great Basin National Park
• Little Finland
• Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
• Valley of Fire, Clark County, Nevada
  • Elephant Rock
  • Fire Wave (similar to but smaller than The Wave in Arizona)
  • Natural Arch (collapsed in 2010)

New Hampshire

• Old Man of the Mountain (collapsed in 2003)

New Jersey

• The Palisades (Hudson River)

New Mexico

• Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area
• 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

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

North Carolina

• Chimney Rock State Park

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
• Smith Rock, Deschutes County
• Skinner Butte, Lane County
• Spencer Butte, Lane County

South Dakota

• Mount Rushmore
• Needles

Tennessee

• Rock City, Chattanooga

Texas

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

Utah

• 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
  • Angel Arch
  • 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
• Fantasy Canyon
• Fisher Towers
• Goblin Valley State Park
• Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
  • Coyote Gulch - slot canyons, arches and a natural bridge
  • Devil's Garden
  • Grosvenor Arch
  • Zebra Canyon
• 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

• Cooper's Rock
• Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

• Devils Tower
• Independence Rock
• Teapot Rock
• Vedauwoo