Outstanding Natural Area

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Sacramento River Bend Outstanding Natural Area, near Red Bluff, California

An Outstanding Natural Area is a protected area designation in the United States. The designations are managed by the Bureau of Land Management within the National Conservation Lands. Three ONAs have been designated by Congress, Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station, and Yaquina Head, all of which protect lighthouses and the adjacent land. The others were named by the BLM and have a variety of resources.

Name Location Notes
Devils Garden[1] Garfield County, Utah Wilderness study area[2], part of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
Diamond Craters Harney County, Oregon [3]
Ear Mountain 20 miles (32 km) west of Choteau, Montana Four areas[4][5]
Jacumba[6] near Jacumba Hot Springs, Imperial County, California
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse[7] Jupiter, Florida The National Conservation Lands' only complete unit east of the Mississippi River[8][9]
Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station[7] near San Simeon, California Part of California Coastal National Monument[10]
Rockwell Juab County, Utah Part of Little Sahara Recreation Area[11][12]
Sacramento River Bend near Red Bluff, California [13]
Valley of the Giants[14] Oregon Coast Range, Polk County, Oregon [15]
Yaquina Head Newport, Oregon [16][17]

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