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United States Landmarks

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Popular United States Landmarks:

Man-Made Landmarks• Washington

Monument• Lincoln Memorial• Jefferson Memorial• Statue of Liberty• Mount Rushmore• Liberty Bell

Natural Landmarks• Grand Canyon• Haystack Rock• Mono Lake• Niagara Falls• Crater Lake• Yellowstone

National Park

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What are the two types of landmarks?

• Natural landmarks are landmarks that have been formed by nature.

• Man-made landmarks have been produced, formed, or made by humans.

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Man-Made Landmarks:Washington Monument

Washington D.C.

• Built to remember our 1st president, George Washington.

• Honors George Washington as the Father of Our Country.

• It is about 555 feet tall and has a pointed top.

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Lincoln MemorialWashington D.C.

• Built to remember Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president.

• Honors his work to end slavery.• A 19 foot statue that shows President

Lincoln sitting in a chair.

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Jefferson Memorial

• Built to remember our 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson.

• President Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence.

• Built the plantation, Monticello.

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Statue of LibertyNew York City

• The seven spikes on the crown represent the light of liberty shining on the seven seas and continents.

• The torch stands for lighting the way to freedom.• The tablet shows the date the Declaration of

Independence was signed.

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Mount RushmoreSouth Dakota

• Honors George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

• Faces are about 60 feet tall.• About 400 workers help build the

monument.

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Liberty BellPennsylvania

• Rang in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed.

• Rang for many years until it cracked in 1835.

• You can see the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.

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Natural Landmarks:Grand Canyon

Colorado

• Formed 17 million years ago.

• Created by the Colorado river eroding the rock.

• The river is 277 miles long and 18 miles wide!

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Haystack RockOregon

• The rock sits on Oregon's coast at a place called Cannon Beach.

• It is 235 feet tall.

• The rock was formed from lava about 10 to 17 million years ago.

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Mono LakeCalifornia

• It is a California landmark that is 760,000 years old!

• The rocks in the lake are made of limestone.

• 100,000 people visit the lake every year.

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Niagara FallsCanadian-American Border

• Was formed over the last 12,000 years by melting glaciers and water erosion.

• The largest crest stretches 2,600 feet.

• It attracts 12 million visitors every year.

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Crater LakeOregon

• Was formed by the collapse of the Mount Mazama volcanoes.

• The crater is 6,850 years old.

• It has a 100 year old tree stump floating in it called “Old Man of the Lake”.

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Yellowstone National ParkWyoming, Montana, and Idaho

• The park spans 3,472 square miles over three states.

• It has lakes, canyons, rivers, and mountains.

• The park was preserved by Ulysses S. Grant in 1872.