Outstanding Natural Area

Outstanding Natural Area

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 reserves in the country, three of which have lighthouses.

The following is a partial list of ONAs.

Location Name
Garfield County, Utah Devil's Garden
Garfield County, Utah Box-Death Hollow Wilderness
Burns, Oregon Diamond Craters[1]
Imperial County, California Jacumba
near San Simeon, California Piedras Blancas Light Station[2]
Jupiter, Florida Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse[2]
Oregon Coast Range, Oregon Valley of the Giants
Newport, Oregon Yaquina Head

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