Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument

Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
A sign indicating an entrance to the monument on the Toroweap road

Location	Mohave County, Arizona, USA
Nearest city	Las Vegas, Nevada
Coordinates	36°24′N 113°42′W / 36.400°N 113.700°W / 36.400; -113.700Coordinates: 36°24′N 113°42′W / 36.400°N 113.700°W / 36.400; -113.700
Area	1,048,325 acres (424,242 ha)^[1]
Created	January 11, 2000 (2000-January-11)
Governing body	National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management

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. The monument was established by Presidential Proclamation 7265 on January 11, 2000.^[2]

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 1,048,325-acre (424,242 ha) monument is larger than the state of Rhode Island. The BLM portion of the monument consists of 808,747 acres (327,288 ha).^[1] The NPS portion contains 208,453 acres (84,358 ha) of lands that were previously part of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. There are also about 23,205 acres (9,391 ha) of Arizona State Land Department lands and 7,920 acres (3,210 ha) of private lands within the monument boundaries. Grand Canyon-Parashant is not considered a separate unit of the NPS because its NPS area is counted in Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Elevation ranges from 1,230 feet (370 m) above sea level near Grand Wash Bay at Lake Mead, to 8,029 feet (2,447 m) at Mount Trumbull. The Interagency Information Center is located in the BLM Office in St. George, Utah.

The name Parashant is derived from Paiute word Pawteh 'ee oasoasant, meaning "tanned elk hide," or "softening of the elk hide."^[3]

Wilderness areas

Side canyon in the National Monument

Grand Canyon-Parashant includes the following wilderness areas:

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.^[4]

Petroglyphs at Grand Canyon-Parashant

References

1 2 "National Monument detail table as of April 2012" (PDF). Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
↑ Proclamation 7265 of January 11, 2000, Establishment of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2001-title3-vol1/xml/CFR-2001-title3-vol1-proc7265.xml. Retrieved 2012-1-27
↑ Rogers, Keith (2000-07-03). "A NEW PLAYGROUND TO KICK AROUND ON". Las Vegas Review-Journal.
↑ "NAU researchers chirping over discovery of new cricket genus". Northern Arizona University.

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Protected areas of Arizona

Federal

National Parks	Grand Canyon Petrified Forest Saguaro

National Historical Parks, Historic Sites and Memorials	Tumacácori NHP Fort Bowie NHS Hubbell Trading Post NHS Coronado NMem

National Monuments	National Park Service Canyon de Chelly Casa Grande Ruins Chiricahua Grand Canyon-Parashant Hohokam Pima Montezuma Castle Navajo Organ Pipe Cactus Pipe Spring Sunset Crater Tonto Tuzigoot Walnut Canyon Wupatki Bureau of Land Management Agua Fria Ironwood Forest Sonoran Desert Vermilion Cliffs

National Conservation Areas	Gila Box Riparian Las Cienegas San Pedro Riparian

National Recreation Areas	Glen Canyon Lake Mead

National Trails	Arizona National Scenic Trail Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Old Spanish National Historic Trail

National Forests	Apache-Sitgreaves Coconino Elden Pueblo Palatki Heritage Site V-Bar-V Heritage Site Coronado Kaibab Prescott Tonto

National Wildlife Refuges	Bill Williams River Buenos Aires Cabeza Prieta Cibola Havasu Imperial Kofa Leslie Canyon San Bernardino

Wilderness Areas	See List of Arizona Wilderness Areas

Wild and Scenic Rivers	Fossil Creek Verde River

State

State Parks	Alamo Lake Boyce Thompson Arboretum Buckskin Mountain Catalina Cattail Cove Dead Horse Ranch Fool Hollow Lake Fort Verde Homolovi Jerome Kartchner Caverns Lake Havasu Lost Dutchman Lyman Lake McFarland Oracle Patagonia Lake Picacho Peak Red Rock Riordan Mansion River Island Roper Lake San Rafael Slide Rock Sonoita Creek Tombstone Courthouse Tonto Natural Bridge Tubac Presidio Verde River Greenway Yuma Quartermaster Depot Yuma Territorial Prison

Wildlife areas	Becker Lake Cluff Ranch Luna Lake Mittry Lake Powers Butte Santa Rita White Mountain Grasslands Willcox Playa

Municipal

Nature parks	Phoenix Mountains Park and Recreation Area South Mountain Park Papago Park

Other

National Natural Landmarks	See List of National Natural Landmarks in Arizona

National Historic Landmarks	See List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona

Historic Places	See National Register of Historic Places listings in Arizona

Arizona State Parks (web)

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