NATIONAL PARKS & MONUMENTS USA — my personal visits
 
 
a web page by Don Roberson
 
 
NATIONAL MONUMENTS & PRESERVES
by chronological order of first visit
 
 
Order
of
visits
Monument
administered by NPS
unless otherwise stated

State

Photo
Visits [photo]
1
Casa Grande Ruins NM

AZ

June 1967, June 1970

Casa Grande ruin, with modern protective cover (June 1970)

2
Fort McHenry NM

MD

June 1967

flag over Ft. McHenry (June 1967)

3
Statute of Liberty NM

NY

June 1967

visited when I was 15 but apparently no photos taken; my grandmother gave me an old postcard like this

4
Devils Tower NM

WY

June 1967, June 1998

Devils Tower from distance (June 1998)

5
Little Bighorn NM

UT

July 1967, June 1998

Little Bighorn River
(June 98)

6

Craters of the Moon NM & Preserve

jointly administered
with BLM

ID

July 1967, Feb 1997

old lava flow under snow (Feb 1997)

7
Rainbow Bridge NM

UT

July 1968

Rainbow Bridge (July 1968) from digitized print film

8

Navajo NM

AZ

July 1968

Betatakin ruin from digitized print film
(July 1968)

9
Canyon de Chelley NM

AZ

July 1968, July 1970

White House ruin (July 1968)

10
Organ Pipe Cactus NM

AZ

June 1970

view from Dripping Springs (June 1970)

11
Chihuahua NM

AZ

June 1970

Punch and Judy
(June 1970)

12
El Morro NM

NM

June 1970

view of El Morro
(June 1970)

13
Salinas Pueblo Missions NM

NM

June 1970

Quarai Mission, initially a state park when I visited (June 1970)

14
Fort Union NM

NM

July 1970

ruins of Fort Union
(July 1970)

15
Bandelier NM

NM

July 1970

Tyuonyi Ruin view
(July 1970)

16
Sunset Crater Volcano NM

AZ

July 1970

Sunset Crater just before heavy rainstorm
(July 1970)

17
Montezuma Castle NM
AZ

July 1970

detail of Montezuma Castle (July 1970)

18
Tuzigoot NM
AZ

July 1970

Tuzigoot ruin on hill
(July 1970)

19
Wupatki NM

AZ

 

July 1970

Wupatki ruin (July 1970)

20
Walnut Canyon NM
AZ

July 1970

Walnut Canyon cliff dwellings (July 1970)

21
Lava Beds NM

CA

June 1971, Aug 2000, and occasional brief visits during birding trips

cinder cove on lava beds (Aug 2000)

22
California Coastal NM

many visits before National Monument was created

administered by BLM

CA

Oct 1971 and countless times thereafter; offshore rocks at Pt. Pinos, Monterey Co., within the NM, are just a few blocks from my home

Goat Rock, Cape Mendocino (July 2001)

23

Sand to Snow NM

multiple visits before Monument created

administered by BLM

CA

Mar 1972 and multiple birding visits to Big Morongo Preserve thereafter; several trips to what is now the western and higher portions of National Monument

Big Morongo Preserve (Aug 2007)

24
Jewel Cave NM

SD

June 1972, June 1998

'draperies' formation inside Jewel Cave
(June 1998)

25
Effigy Mounds NM

IA

Aug 1972

effigy mounds
(Aug 1972)

26
Pipestone NM
MN

Aug 1972

Native American pipestone quarry
(Aug 1972)

27
Cabrillo NM

CA

Sep 1973 and variously thereafter; Cabrillo NM at the tip of Pt. Loma, San Diego, is a 'vagrant trap' for birds so I've visited for birding numerous times

View of Cabrillo NM at tip of Pt. Loma
(Apr 2006)

28
Muir Woods NM

CA

May 1974 and various birding trips here in the 1970s

Redwood Creek in Muir Wood (May 1974)

29

Mojave Nat Preserve

multiple visits before Preserve created; a few visits thereafter

CA

May 1978 and various birding trips here in the 1970s-1980s, before formallly dedicated; also
May 2004 & others

view of Clark Mt. (May 2004); Desert Tortoise (May 1978)

30

Aleutian Islands World War II NM

Attu I., AK


AK

May 1980

Lower Massacre Valley, Attu Island (May 1980)

31

Carrizo Plain NM

many visits before it was declared a NM

administered by BLM

CA

Nov 1982 and various birding trips thereafter

wildflowers paint arid hills during spectacular show (May 1991)

32

Fort Ord NM

many visits before it was declared a NM

administered by BLM

CA

Dec 1984 and many birding trips thereafter, before and after it was proclaimed a NM

lupines on Ft. Ord grasslands (Apr 2014)

33
Florissant Fossil Beds NM

CO

June 1990

fossilized log (June 1990)

34

Admiralty Island NM

adminstered by USFS

AK

Aug 1993

view from cruise along eastern shore (Aug 1993)

35
Capulin Volcano NM

NM

Apr 1995

view of Capulin Volcano (Apr 1995)

36
Agate Fossil Beds NM

NE

Apr 1995

sign and open prairie
(Apr 1995)

37
George Washington Carver NM

MO

Mar 1997

bust of G.W. Carver and homeland woods
(Mar 1997)

38
Russell Cave NM
AL

 

Mar 1997

looking at cave entrance from inside cave; Russell Cave is a prehistory archeology site, not a cave with formations
(Mar 1997)

39

Berryessa Snow Mountain NM

visited before Pres. Obama designated the NM in July 2015

administered by BLM & USFS

CA

Apr 1998, Nov 2006

inlet at Lake Berryessa (Nov 2006), not actually part of the Nat'l Monument, but portions of the eventual NM were visited this date

40
Scotts Bluff NM
NE

Juen 1998

Scotts Bluff (June 1998)

41

Pompeys Pillar NM

administered by BLM

MT

June 1998

Pompeys Pillar under threatening skies
(June 1998)

42
Devils Postpile NM

CA

Aug 1998

Devils Postpile
(Aug 1998)

43

Grand Sequoia NM

administered by USFS

CA

May 2002

stump of General Noble sequoia, cut for Chicago's 1893 world's fair
(May 2002)

44

Santa Rosa and
San Jacinto
Mountains NM

administered by BLM

 

CA

July 2002 — also drive-thru visits before NM created in 2000

Desert Bighorn near
Rancho Mirage
(July 2002)

45
Petroglyphs NM

NM

Apr 2004

'roadrunner' petroglyph (Apr 2004)

46

El Malpais NM

NM

Apr 2004

snow on lava bed
(Apr 2004)

47
Castillo de San Marcos NM

FL

Dec 2006

costumed guard at Castillo de San Marcos (Dec 2006)

48
Fort Mantanzas NM

FL

Dec 2006

view of Fort from tour ferry (Dec 2006)

49

Grand Staircase-Escalante NM

administered by BLM

UT

Mar 2008

Powell Pt. (Mar 2008)

50
Natural Bridges NM
UT

Mar 2008

Owachomo Arch
(Mar 2008)

51
Fort Monroe NM

VA

May 2013

diorama with gunport inside Fort Monroe
(May 2013)

52

Cascade-Siskiyou NM

administered by BLM

OR

Jun 2013

view of Pilot Knob and forested ridge (Jun 2013)

53

Ironwood Forest NM

administered by BLM

AZ

May 2015

Saguaro and ironwood forest surrounding Ragged Top (May 2015)

54
Oregon Caves NM
& Preserve
OR

June 2015

'banana bunch' stalactites inside Oregon Cave
(June 2015)

55

Tule Lake NM

administered jointly with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

CA

June 2015

Tule Lake Segregation Center at Newell, with Castle Rock in background (June 2015)

56

Jurassic NM

visited as BLM's Clevland-Lloyd Quarry site before becoming a NM

administered by BLM

 

Sep 2015

visitor center at Clevland-Lloyd quarry site with Allosaurus (Sep 2015)

57
Timpanogos Cave NM
UT

Sep 2015

"Heart of Timpanogos" stalactite (Sep 2015)

58
Dinosaur NM
UT
CO

Sep 2015

Allosaur skeleton re-construction & art at fossil quarry (Sep 2015)

59
Fossil Butte NM
WY

Sep 2015

White-tailed Jackrabbit near Fossil Butte
(Sep 2015)

60

Mojave Trails NM

drive-through visits before NM created

administered by BLM

 

CA

Apr 2016 — drive-thru visits on Rte 66 before NM created in 2016 by Pres. Obama

Amboy Crater and storm
(Apr 2016)

61
César E. Chávez NM
CA

Apr 2016

César Chávez's office at the Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz site (Apr 2016)

62
Grand Portage NM
MN

June 2017

inside re-created Great Hall with re-enactor and pelts of mammals sought be trappers (June 2017)

63
Hagerman
Fossil Beds NM
ID

Sep 2017

Reconstructed fossil of Hagerman Horse in museum (Sep 2017)

64

Basin & Range NM

administered by BLM

NV

Sep 2017

canyon at "Calendar Fence" petroglyph
(Sep 2017)

65
Tule Springs
Fossil Beds NM
NV

Sep 2017

"Is that all there is?"
at NM boundary [no museum yet]
(Sep 2017)

66

Gold Butte NM

administered by BLM

NV

Sep 2017

rock formations at Whitney Pocket
(Sep 2017)

67

Grand Canyon-
Parashant NM

administered by BLM

AZ

Sep 2017

view of habitat from western boundary
(Sep 2017)

68
Cedar Breaks NM
UT

Sep 2017

Pt. Supreme overlook
(Sep 2017)

 
     
 
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