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Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument (sometimes referred to as Parashant National Monument) is located on the northern edge of the Grand Canyon in northwest Arizona, on the Arizona Strip. The monument was established by Presidential Proclamation 7265 on January 11, 2000.
Description
The national monument is a very remote and undeveloped place jointly managed by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). There are no paved roads into the monument and no visitor services. The monument is larger than the state of Rhode Island. The BLM portion of the monument consists of .
There are a number of ruins of former Mormon settlements in the area, such as the Oak Grove Dairy.
Wilderness areas
Grand Canyon–Parashant includes the following wilderness areas:
- Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness
- Mount Logan Wilderness
- Mount Trumbull Wilderness
- Paiute Wilderness (part)
thumb|[[Petroglyphs at Grand Canyon–Parashant]]
Cave animals
So far, a 2005 expedition to examine 24 caves in the park has produced two new species of millipede, the first barklouse discovered in North America, a whole new genus of cricket and four new cricket species.
See also
- List of national monuments of the United States