National Conservation Lands

NATIONAL CONSERVATION LANDS

- Natural, Scenic, & Conservation Areas -



 

Alabama Hills National Scenic AreaAlabama Hills National Scenic Area

California

 

Visitors enjoy touring film sites, photography, rock climbing, exploring natural arches, and viewing the swaths of wildflowers that bloom every spring.

 

Date Of First Visit: Visiting Soon

UtahBeaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area

Utah

 

This landscape provides habitat for the Mojave Desert tortoise. Joshua trees and dense stands of blackbrush cover the slopes of the Mountains, which rise along the eastern boundary of the park.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2020 October👨👩👧

Black Rock Desert - High Rock Canyon National Conservation AreaBlack Rock Desert - High Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Nevada

 

An 800,000 acre site that encompasses nearly 120 miles of historic wagon trails, the Black Rock Desert playa, the gorge of High Rock Canyon, and the natural hot springs.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

ColoradoDominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area

Colorado

 

Red-rock canyons and sandstone bluffs hold geological and paleontological resources spanning 600 million years, as well as many cultural and historic sites.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2022 September👨👩👧

New MexicoEl Malpais National Conservation Area

New Mexico

 

Established in 1987 to protect nationally-significant geological, archaeological, ecological, cultural, scenic, scientific, and wilderness resources surrounding the Grants Lava Flows.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2018 April👨👩

Fort Stanton - Snowy River Cave National Conservation AreaFort Stanton - Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area

New Mexico

 

Protects, conserves, and enhances unique and historic, scientific, archaeological, natural, and educational subterranean cave resources.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

Gila Box Riparian National Conservation AreaGila Box Riparian National Conservation Area

Arizona

 

The 23,000-acre area includes four perennial waterways, a canyon section, impressive cliffs that tower more than 1,000 feet above the Gila River, and bighorn sheep are commonly spotted.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

ColoradoGunnison Gorge National Conservation Area

Colorado

 

A diverse landscape ranging from adobe badlands to rugged pinyon and juniper-covered slopes with a spectacular black granite and red sandstone double canyon formed by the Gunnison River.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2022 September👨👩👧

John Wesley Powell National Conservation AreaJohn Wesley Powell National Conservation Area

Utah

 

Located in the heart of dinosaur land, this conservation area is still in planning stages after being established in 2019.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural AreaJupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area

Florida

 

On Florida's Treasure Coast, the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse is the only unit of the National Conservation Lands east of the Mississippi River.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

King Range National Conservation AreaKing Range National Conservation Area

California

 

The King Range is a spectacular meeting of land and sea as mountains thrust straight out of the surf with King Peak (4,088 feet) only 3-miles from the ocean.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

Las Cienegas National Conservation AreaLas Cienegas National Conservation Area

Arizona

 

Today more than 45,000 acres of rolling grasslands and woodlands in southeastern Arizona are protected under the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

ColoradoMcInnis Canyons National Conservation Area

Colorado

 

Includes more than 75,000 acres of fossils, pictograph and petroglyph sites, and the second-largest concentration of natural arches in North America.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2021 April👨👩👧

IdahoMorley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area

Idaho

 

This canyon of the Snake River is home to the greatest concentration of nesting birds of prey in North America with some 800 pairs of hawks, owls, eagles and falcons nesting each spring.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2022 July👨👩👧

UtahRed Cliffs National Conservation Area

Utah

 

A component of the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, a multi-jurisdictional area that has been collaboratively managed since 1996 to protect the Mojave Desert tortoise.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2018 March👨👩

NevadaRed Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Nevada

 

Red Rock Canyon offers a 13-mile scenic drive, miles of hiking trails, rock climbing, horseback riding, mountain biking, road biking, picnic areas, and nature observing.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2017 December👨👩

San Pedro Riparian National Conservation AreaSan Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area

Arizona

 

The primary purpose is to protect and enhance the desert riparian ecosystem, a rare remnant of what was once an extensive network of similar riparian systems throughout the American Southwest.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

NevadaSloan Canyon National Conservation Area

Nevada

 

The Sloan Canyon Petroglyph Site is one of the most significant resources in southern Nevada having more than 300 rock art panels, and nearly 1,700 designs.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2021 December👨👩👧

Steese National Conservation AreaSteese National Conservation Area

Alaska

 

Offers stunning scenery, peaceful solitude, and outstanding opportunities for year-round recreation, while also protecting the areas caribou habitat.

 

Date Of First Visit: Not Yet Visited

OregonYaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area

Oregon

 

Standing 93 feet tall at the westernmost point of the basalt headland, the lighthouse has been a bright beacon of the night since 1873.

 

Date Of First Visit: 2018 September👨👩



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