# List of rock formations in the United States

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
** Camel Butte
** Cly Butte
** Elephant Butte
** Gray Whiskers
** Hunts Mesa
** Merrick Butte
** Mitchell Butte
** The Mitten Buttes
** North Window
** Rain God Mesa
** Rooster Rock
** Spearhead Mesa
** Three Sisters
** The Thumb
** Thunderbird Mesa
** Totem Pole
* Owl Rock
* Petrified Forest National Park
** Agate Bridge
* Phallic Rock
* Round Rock
* Square Butte
* Tonto Natural Bridge
* Tower Butte
* Two Nuns
* 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
* Natural Bridge
* Red River Gorge
** Raven Rock

## Massachusetts

* Farley Ledges
* Mother Ann
* Plymouth Rock
* Profile Rock
* Redemption Rock

## Michigan

* Arch RockMiner's CastleArch 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
* Twin Arches, Pickett County

## 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

* Adobe Mesa
* Arches National Park
** Argon Tower
** Balanced Rock
** Courthouse Towers
** Dark Angel
** Delicate Arch
** Devils Garden
** Double Arch
** Fiery Furnace
** Jello Tower
** Landscape Arch
** Marching Men
** Mars Hotel
** Petrified Dunes
** Queen Nefertiti Rock
** Queen Victoria Rock
** Sheep Rock
** The Candelabrum
** The Organ
** The Phallus
** Three Penguins
** Tower of Babel
** 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
* Family Butte
* Fantasy Canyon
* Fisher Towers
** Ancient Art
** Cottontail Tower
** Echo Tower
** Kingfisher Tower
** The Oracle
** The Titan
* 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
* Monument Valley
** Big Indian
** Brighams Tomb
** Castle Rock
** King-on-his-Throne
** Setting Hen
** Stagecoach
* 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
* Square Top
* The Convent
* The Rectory
* Valley of the Gods
** Battleship Rock
** Bell Butte
** Castle Butte
** De Gaulle and His Troops
** Franklin Butte
** Lady in the Bathtub
** Rooster Butte
** Setting Hen Butte
** Seven Sailors
* 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
** Northgate Peaks
** 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