National Monuments

There are currently 113 national monuments, 80 of which are administered by the National Park Service. The remaining 28 are managed by 5 other federal agencies, such as the US Forest Service, the Department of Defense, and the Bureau of Land Management. The fact boxes for all the national monuments are below.

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African Burial Ground
File:African Burial Ground.jpg
New York, NY
Established 2006
0.345 acres
Visitation(2010) 117,113

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Admiralty Island National Monument
Established 1978
955,747 acres

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Agate Fossil Beds
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Nebraska
Established 1965
3,200 acres
Visitation(2009) 12,694

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Agua Fria
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Arizona
Established 2000
71,100 acres

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Alibates Flint Quarries
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Texas
Established 1965
1,371 acres
Visitation- 2,918

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Aniakchak 
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Alaska
Established in 1916
602,779 acres
Visitation(2009) 14

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Aztec Ruins
File:Aztec ruins national monument 20030922 100357 1.1504x1000.jpg
New Mexico
Established 1966
318 acres
Visitation(2009) 38,234

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Bandelier National Monument
File:Bandelier Kiva.jpg
New Mexico
Established 1916
33,677 acres
Visitation(2009) 212,544

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Booker T. Washington
File:Booker T Washington bust Booker T Washington National Monument.JPG
Virginia
Established 1956
199 acres
Visitation-19,321 

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Buck Island Reef
File:BuckIsland StCroix fire coral.jpg
Virgin Islands
Established 1961
880 acres
Visitation(2005) 47,883

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Cabrillo
File:CabrilloMonument.jpg
California
Established 1913
144 acres
Visitation(2005) 826,615

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California Coastal
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California
Established 2000
1,000 acres

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Canyon de Chelly
File:Canyon de Chelly 7-27-09 (2).JPG
Arizona
Established 1931
83,840 acres
Visitation(2010) 827,247

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Canyons of the Ancients
File:Canyons of the Ancients National Monument.jpg
Arizona
Established 2000
163,892 acres

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Cape Krusenstern 
File:CapeKrusensternNM.jpg
Alaska
Established 1978
649,085 acres

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Capulin Volcano
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New Mexico
Established 1916
640 acres
Visitation(2004) 57,442

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Carrizo Plain
File:Aerial-SanAndreas-CarrizoPlain.jpg
California
250,000 acres

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Casa Grande Ruins
File:Casa Grande under shelter.jpg
Arizona
Established 1966
473 acres
Visitation(2010) 77,347

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Cascade Siskiyou 
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Oregon
Established 2000
85,173 acres

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Castillo de San Marcos
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Florida
Established 1924
320 acres

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Castle Clinton
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New York
Established 1946
1 acre
Visitation(2004) 2,949,231

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Cedar Breaks
File:Cedarbreaksnationalmonument.jpg
Utah
Established 1933
602,779 acres
Visitation(2008) 505,158

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Cesar E. Chavez
California
Established 2012
116 acres
Visitation (2013)- 8,157

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Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers
Ohio 
Established 2013

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Chimney Rock
Colorado 
Established 2012
4,726 acres

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Chiricahua 
File:Chiricahua balanced rock.jpg
Arizona
Established 1924
11,985 acres
Visitation(2010) 1,253,637

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Colorado National Monument
File:CONM Independence monument 2.jpg
Colorado
Established 1911
20,534 acres
Visitation(2007) 714,229

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Craters of the Moon
File:Big Southern Butte at Craters of the Moon NM-750px.JPG
Idaho
Established 1924
714,727 acres
 Visitation(2004) 183,111

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Devil's Postpile
File:Rainbow fall at Devils Postpile National Monument.jpg
California
Established 1911
798 acres
Visitation(2004) 114,788

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Devil's Tower
File:Devils Tower CROP.jpg
Wyoming
Established 1906
1,347 acres
Visitation(2010) 436,200

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Dinosaur
File:DNM Morrison.jpg
Colorado and Utah
Established 1915
210,844 acres
Visitation(2005) 360,584

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Effigy Mounds
File:Effigy Mounds Iowa Sny Magill.JPG
Iowa
Established 1949
2,526 acres
Visitation(2005) 88,546

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El Malpais 

New Mexico
Established 1987
114,277 acres
Visitation(2004) 143,515

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El Morro
File:El morro view.JPG
New Mexico
Established 1906
1,279 acres
Visitation(2004) 65,233

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Florissant Fossil Beds
File:Florisant.jpg
Colorado
Established 1969
5,998 acres
Visitation(2009) 64,251

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Ft. Frederica
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Georgia
Established 1936
241 acres
Visitation(2006) 316,611

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Ft. Matanzas 
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Florida
Established 1924
228 acres
Visitation(2005) 1,002,444

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Ft. McHenry
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Maryland
Established 1925
43 acres
Visitation(2007) 731,886

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Fort Monroe
Virginia
Established 2011

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Ft. Ord
California
Established 2012
14,651 acres

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Ft. Pulaski
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Georgia
Established 1924
5,623 acres
Visitation(2005) 297,982

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Ft. Stanwix
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New York
Established 1935
16 acres
Visitation(2002) 84,933

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Ft. Sumter
File:FortSumter2009.jpg
South Carolina
Established 1948
197 acres
Visitation(2000) 319,147

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Ft. Union
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New Mexico
Established 1956
721 acres
Visitation(2004) 13,117

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Fossil Butte
File:FossilButte.jpg
Wyoming
Established 1972
8,198 acres
Visitation (2011) 16,552

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