Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument

Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, large natural area in northwestern Arizona, U.S., north of the Grand Canyon. Covering an area of 1,584 square miles (4,103 square km) of the Colorado Plateau, the monument was created in 2000 to protect the watershed north of the Colorado River. It is jointly operated by two U.S. federal agencies: the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management. The monument extends northward from Grand Canyon National Park and Lake...