Outstanding Natural Area
Encyclopedia
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 Landscape Conservation System
. There are a number of outstanding natural areas and open space reserve
s in the country, three of which have lighthouses.
The following is a partial list of ONAs.
Protected area
Protected areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognised natural, ecological and/or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the enabling laws of each country or the regulations of the international...
designation in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The designations are managed by the Bureau of Land Management
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers America's public lands, totaling approximately , or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. The BLM also manages of subsurface mineral estate underlying federal, state and private...
within the National Landscape Conservation System
National Landscape Conservation System
The National Landscape Conservation System is a collection of the lands considered to be the crown jewels of the American west. NLCS is also known as National Conservation Lands. These lands represent 10% of the managed by the Bureau of Land Management...
. There are a number of outstanding natural areas and open space reserve
Open space reserve
Open space reserve, open space preserve, and open space reservation, are planning and conservation ethics terms used to describe areas of protected or conserved land or water on which development is indefinitely set aside...
s in the country, three of which have lighthouses.
The following is a partial list of ONAs.
| Location | Name |
|---|---|
| Garfield County, Utah Garfield County, Utah Garfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 4,735. It was named for James A. Garfield, President of the United States in 1881. Its county seat and largest city is Panguitch.-Geography:... |
Devil's Garden |
| Garfield County, Utah Garfield County, Utah Garfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 4,735. It was named for James A. Garfield, President of the United States in 1881. Its county seat and largest city is Panguitch.-Geography:... |
Box-Death Hollow Wilderness Box-Death Hollow Wilderness Box-Death Hollow Wilderness is a wilderness area located in south-central Utah, USA, on the Dixie National Forest. Vertical gray-orange walls of Navajo sandstone stand above two canyon tributaries of the Escalante River in Box-Death Hollow... |
| Burns, Oregon Burns, Oregon Burns is a city in and the county seat of Harney County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,806.-History:Burns was established in the early 1880s and incorporated upon Harney county's creation in 1889... |
Diamond Craters Diamond Craters Diamond Craters is a volcanic field or small shield volcanoin southeastern Oregon, about southeast of the town of Burns. It consists of a area of basaltic lava flows, cinder cones, and maars... |
| Imperial County, California Imperial County, California Imperial County is a county located in the Imperial Valley, in the far southeast of the U.S. state of California, bordering both Arizona and Mexico. It is part of the El Centro Metropolitan Area, which encompasses all of Imperial County. The population as of 2000 was 142,361. The county seat is the... |
Jacumba |
| near San Simeon, California San Simeon, California San Simeon is a census-designated place on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California. Its position along State Route 1 is approximately halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, each of those cities being roughly 230 mi away... |
Piedras Blancas Light Station Piedras Blancas Light Piedras Blancas Light Station is a lighthouse on Point Piedras Blancas, about five and half miles west by NW of San Simeon, California.-History:... |
| Jupiter, Florida Jupiter, Florida Jupiter is a town located in Palm Beach County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 39,328. The estimate population for 2009 is 50,606. As of 2006, the population had grown to 50,028, according to the University of Florida, Bureau of Economic and Business Research.... |
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse |
| Oregon Coast Range Oregon Coast Range The Oregon Coast Range, often called simply the Coast Range and sometimes the Pacific Coast Range, is a mountain range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region, in the U.S. state of Oregon along the Pacific Ocean... , Oregon Oregon Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern... |
Valley of the Giants Valley of the Giants (Oregon) The Valley of the Giants is a forest preserve owned and managed by the Bureau of Land Management and is located in a remote portion of the Oregon Coast Range of Northwest Oregon in the United States, near the former company town of Valsetz. Receiving greater than of rain annually, the preserve... |
| Newport, Oregon Newport, Oregon Newport is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It was incorporated in 1882, though the name dates back to the establishment of a post office in 1868... |
Yaquina Head Yaquina Head Yaquina Head is a headland extending into the Pacific Ocean north of Newport, Oregon, United States. It is the site of the Yaquina Head Light, and is managed as Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area by the Bureau of Land Management.... |