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Established on November 9, 2000 by a presidential proclamation by President Bill Clinton, [2] [3] Vermilion Cliffs National Monument was carved from existing lands already under the management of the U.S. Government in extreme northern Coconino County, Arizona, immediately south of the border with the state of Utah.
Vermilion Cliffs, view from Glen Canyon near Lee's Ferry. Vermilion Cliffs — view from Arizona Hwy 89. The Vermilion Cliffs Close Up . The Vermilion Cliffs are the second "step" up in the five-step Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau, in northern Arizona and southern Utah in the southwestern United States. [1]
The U.S. Congress designated the wilderness area in 1984 and it was largely incorporated into the new Vermilion Cliffs National Monument proclaimed in 2000 by executive order of President Bill Clinton. Both the wilderness area and the National Monument are administered by the federal Bureau of Land Management.
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Spanning 294,000 acres, Vermilion Cliffs has no paved roads, and backpacking treks are about the only way to explore this national monument. The views and the unique wildlife, including a variety ...
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The mostly abandoned locale is just east of the Kaibab National Forest and the mouth of House Rock Canyon [3] at the southwest corner of, but just outside of, the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument (which was established in 2000). [4] House Rock is located along what was, prior to 1960, U.S. Route 89 (US 89), but is now U.S. Route 89A (US 89A).
The national monument includes three large segments: to the south of Grand Canyon National Park, the 388,376 acres (1,571.70 km 2) entire Tusayan Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest; to the northeast, 529,242 acres (2,141.77 km 2) of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands south of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument and east of the forest's North Kaibab Ranger District, including House ...