Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
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Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument

NameGrand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
LocationMohave County, Arizona, USA
Nearest cityLas Vegas, Nevada
Area
EstablishedJanuary 11, 2000
Governing bodyNational Park Service and
Bureau of Land Management

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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. It was established by Presidential Proclamation 7265 on January 11, 2000. This remote area of open, undeveloped spaces 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 size of the monument is, which is larger than the state of Rhode Island. The BLM portion of the monument consists of . The NPS portion contains of lands that were previously part of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. There are also about of Arizona State Trust lands and of private lands within the monument boundaries. Grand Cnayon-Parashant is not considered a separate unit of the NPS because its NPS area is counted in Lake Mead National Monument.
Elevation ranges from above sea level near Grand Wash Bay at Lake Mead, to at Mount Trumbull. The Interagency Information Center is located in the BLM Office in St. George, Utah.
The name is derived from paiute Pawteh 'ee oasoasant which means "tanned elk hide," or "softening of the elk hide."

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