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. A remote area of open, undeveloped spaces, the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument is an impressive and diverse landscape that includes an array of scientific and historic resources.
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 1,054,264-acre (426,646 ha) monument is larger than the state of Rhode Island. The BLM portion of the monument consists of 808,744 acres (327,287 ha). The NPS portion contains 208,447 acres (84,356 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 Trust 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."
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