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

thumb|Spider Rock

thumb|Pinnacle Balanced Rock

thumb|The West and East Mitten Buttes

thumb|Window Rock

Agathla Peak
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
Elephants Tooth
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

thumb|Devils Postpile

thumb|upright|Skull Rock

thumb|Moro Rock

thumb|Vasquez Rocks

thumb|El Capitan

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

thumb|upright|Painted Wall

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

Delaware

West Rock

Georgia

Broxton Rocks
Rock City, Lookout Mountain
Stone Mountain

Hawaii

thumb|upright|ʻĪao Needle

ʻĪao 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

thumb|upright|Mushroom Rock

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

thumb|Plymouth Rock

Farley Ledges
Mother Ann
Plymouth Rock
Profile Rock
Redemption Rock

Michigan

thumb|Arch Rockthumb|Miner'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

thumb|Johnson's Shut-Ins

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

thumb|Chief Mountain

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

thumb|Chimney Rock

Bead Mountain Formation
Cheyenne Buttes
Chimney Rock
Courthouse and Jail Rocks
Eagle's Eye Rock
Flannigan Butte
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Smokestack Rock
Steamboat Butte
Sugar Loaf Butte
Toadstool Formation

Nevada

thumb|Lexington Arch

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

thumb|Tripod Rock ([[:File:Tripod Rock, Pyramid Mountain, New Jersey, United States.webm|video)]]

Delaware Water Gap
The Palisades
Tripod Rock

New Mexico

thumb|Shiprock

Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area
Barber Peak
Bennett Peak
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness
Cabezon Peak
Cathedral Cliff
City of Rocks State Park, Grant County
Echo Amphitheater
Elephant Butte
El Morro National Monument
Ford Butte
Kneeling Nun, Hanover, Grant County
La Ventana Natural Arch
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

thumb|upright|Chimney Bluffs

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
Rock City State Forest
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

thumb|Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach

thumb|Wizard Island

thumb|Pillars of Rome

thumb|Pilot Rock

thumb|Smith Rock

Crater Lake
Llao Rock
Phantom Ship
The Pinnacles
Wizard Island
Crown Point, Multnomah County
Devils Punch Bowl, Lincoln County
Face Rock, Coos County
Fort Rock, Lake County
Haystack Rock, Clatsop County
Haystack Rock, Tillamook County
The Honeycombs, Malheur County
John Day Fossil Beds
Clarno Palisades, Wheeler County
Sheep Rock, Grant County
Leslie Gulch, Malheur County
Malheur Butte, Malheur County
Mitchell Point, Hood River County
Natural Bridges,Curry County
Newberry Volcano, Deschutes County
Big Obsidian Flow
Lava Butte
Paulina Peak
Old Man and Old Woman Pinnacles, Douglas County
Pillars of Rome, Malheur County
Pilot Rock, Jackson County
Proposal Rock, Tillamook County
Rooster Rock, Multnomah County
Smith Rock, Deschutes County
Steens Mountain, Harney County
Steins Pillar, Crook County
Skinner Butte, Lane County
Spencer Butte, Lane County
Table Rocks, Jackson County

Pennsylvania

Bilger's Rocks
Delaware Water Gap
Indian God Rock
Ticklish Rock

South Dakota

thumb|The Needles

Mount Rushmore
The Needles, Custer State Park

Tennessee

Chimney Rocks, Campbell County
Twin Arches, Pickett County

Texas

thumb|El Capitan Reef

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

thumb|Delicate Arch

alt=Thor's Hammer|thumb|Thor's Hammer

thumb|right|[[Mesa Arch]]

thumb|Waterpocket Fold

thumb|Toadstool, Fisher Towers

thumb|Zebra Canyon

thumb|Rainbow Bridge

thumb|right|Entrance to The Subway

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)
Battleship Butte
Bears Ears National Monument
Bridger Jack Butte
Sixshooter Peaks
United Nations Tablet
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
Gunnison 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

thumb|upright|Natural Bridge

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

thumb|Seneca Rocks

Cooper's Rock
Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County

Wisconsin

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

Wyoming

thumb|Independence Rock

Devil's Gate
Devils Tower
Hell's Half Acre
Independence Rock
Pinnacle Buttes
Teapot Rock
Vedauwoo