Well over a hundred national monuments across the United States have been established by different presidents under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906. Each monument on the map above is numbered according to the sequence in which it was established. Click on the numbers to learn about national monuments and their histories, and to find links to the monuments’ home pages.

Find out how to visit a national monument from its homepage, or go to the National Park Service's Parks and Recreation page and the Bureau of Land Management's Adventures in the Past page.

26. Sitka

Alaska

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Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	03/23/1910	W. Taft	57
Resurveyed & Enlarged	02/25/1952	H. Truman	54.334
Redesignated NHP	10/18/1972	92d Congress

38. Old Kasaan

Alaska

(Library of Congress photo) Funerary totem poles.

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	10/25/1916	W. Wilson	43
Transferred to Forest Service	07/26/1955	84th Congress

41. Katmai

Alaska

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Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	09/24/1918	W. Wilson	1,088,000
Restrictions Modified.	06/15/1936	F. Roosevelt	n/a
Enlarged	08/04/1942	F. Roosevelt
Enlarged	01/20/1969	L. Johnson	94,547
Enlarged	12/01/1978	J. Carter	1,370,000
Redesignated NP&P	12/02/1980	96th Congress

62. Glacier Bay

Alaska

(NPS photo) A seal swims through a watery substance.

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	02/26/1925	C. Coolidge	1,379,315.58
Enlarged	04/18/1939	F. Roosevelt	904,960
Diminished	03/31/1955	D. Eisenhower	4,193 (water)
Diminished			24,925
Enlarged	12/01/1978	J. Carter	550,000
Redesignated NP&P	12/02/1980	96th Congress

89. Admiralty Island

Alaska

(NPS photo) A brown bear cools his heels.

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established, incorporated into Tongass NF	12/01/1978	J. Carter	1,100,000

90. Aniakchak

Alaska

(NPS photo) Dormant volcanoes covered in snow.

State	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	350,000
Partially Redesignated Preserve	12/02/1980	96th Congress

91. Becharof

Alaska

(NPS photo) A puffin surveys the landscape.

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established as a National Wildlife Refuge	12/01/1978	J. Carter	1,200,000

92. Bering Land Bridge

Alaska

(NPS photo) Americans continue to cross the area formerly known a land bridge.

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	2,590,000
Redesignated National Preserve	12/02/1980	96th Congress

93. Cape Krusenstern

Alaska

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	560,000

94. Denali

Alaska

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established as a National Park & Preserve	12/01/1978	J. Carter	3,890,000
Incorporated with Mt. McKinley NP as Denali National Park & Preserve	12/02/1980	96th Congress

95. Gates of the Arctic

Alaska

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	8,220,000
Redesignated N&P	12/02/1980	96th Congress

96. Kenai Fjords

Alaska

(NPS photo) Misty glaciers and mountains.

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	570,000
Redesignated MP	12/02/1980	96th Congress

97. Kobuk Valley

Alaska

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	1,710,000
Redesignated NP	12/02/1980	96th Congress

98. Lake Clark

Alaska

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	2,500,000
Redesignated National Park & Preserve	12/02/1980	96th Congress

99. Misty Fjords

Alaska

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	2,285,000
Redesignated within Tongass National Forest	12/02/1980

100. Noatak

Alaska

(NPS photo) A river winds across the national monument.

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	5,880,000
Redesignated Preserve	12/02/1980	96th Congress

101. Wrangell-St. Elias

Alaska

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Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	10,950,000
Redesignated NP&P	12/02/1980	96th Congress

102. Yukon-Charley Rivers

Alaska

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	1,720,000
Redesignated Preserve	12/02/1980	96th Congress

103. Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Alaska

Action	Date	President/ Congress	Acres Affected
Established	12/01/1978	J. Carter	10,600,000
Redesignated Redesignated National Wildlife Refuge	12/02/1980	96th Congress