United States
Alaska
1 site
Alaska
Alaska ( ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost (the Aleutian Islands cross the 180th meridian into the eastern hemisphere) state in the United States. It borders the Canadian territory of Yukon and the province of British Columbia to the east. It shares a western maritime border, in the Bering Strait, with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean lie to the north, and the Pacific Ocean lies to the south. Technically, it is a semi-exclave of the U.S., and is the largest exclave in the world. Alaska is the largest U.S. state by area, comprising more total area than the following three largest states of Texas, California, and Montana combined, and is the seventh-largest subnational division in the world. It is the third-least populous and most sparsely populated U.S. state; however, with a population of 740,133 as of 2024, it is the most populous territory in North America located mostly north of the 60th parallel, with more than quadruple the combined populations of Northern Canada and Greenland. The state contains the four largest cities in the United States by area, including the state capital of Juneau. The state's most populous city is Anchorage, and approximately half of Alaska's residents live within its metropolitan area. Indigenous people have lived in Alaska for thousands of years, and it is widely believed that the region served as the entry point for the initial settlement of North America by way of the Bering land bridge. The Russian Empire was the first to actively colonize the area beginning in the 18th century, eventually establishing Russian America, which spanned most of the current state and promoted and maintained a native Alaskan Creole population. The expense and logistical difficulty of maintaining this distant possession prompted its sale to the U.S. in 1867 for US$7.2 million (equivalent to $162 million in 2024). The area went through several administrative changes before becoming organized as a territory on May 11, 1912. It was admitted as the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. Abundant natural resources have enabled Alaska— with one of the smallest state economies—to have one of the highest per capita incomes, with commercial fishing, and the extraction of natural gas and oil, dominating Alaska's economy. U.S. Armed Forces bases and tourism also contribute to the economy; more than half of the state is federally-owned land containing national forests, national parks, and wildlife refuges. It is among the most irreligious states and one of the first to legalize recreational marijuana. The Indigenous population of Alaska is proportionally the second highest of any U.S. state, at over 15 percent, after only Hawaii.
Arizona
14 sites
Airport Mesa
Perched above Sedona with 360-degree views of the red rock landscape, Airport Mesa offers the most accessible encounter with vortex energy. The masculine, upflow quality here supports clarity, motivation, and the kind of expanded perspective that comes from seeing far. Sunrise and sunset transform this overlook into something numinous.
Antelope Canyon
Deep within Navajo land, narrow sandstone passages open into chambers of flowing stone and cascading light. The Navajo call this place Tse bighanilini, where water runs through rocks, and understand it as a meeting point between physical and spiritual worlds. Visitors descend into darkness and emerge changed, having walked through what many describe as Earth itself made visible.
Canyon de Chelly
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona is a canyon of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 36.13361, -109.46944. Attributes: natural, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Navajo. Located in Chinle Agency, Arizona, United States.
Grand Canyon National Park
For at least 12,000 years, humans have stood at the edge of this chasm and felt something shift. Eleven Native American tribes hold the Grand Canyon as ancestral homeland and place of emergence, where humanity climbed from the underworld into this world. The Hopi locate their Sipapuni here. The Zuni trace their origin to Ribbon Falls. Visitors consistently report that looking into this mile-deep wound in the earth produces not just awe but encounter, as though the canyon were looking back.
Horseshoe Bend
A thousand feet below the overlook, the Colorado River completes its patient arc through Navajo Sandstone, forming the near-perfect horseshoe that has drawn both indigenous peoples and modern seekers to this edge. For the Navajo and Hopi, this land holds ancestral significance, part of a sacred landscape where water and stone speak of forces older than human memory. Standing here, the scale of geological time becomes visceral.
Meteor Crater
Meteor Crater, Arizona is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 35.03070, -111.02337. Located in Arizona, United States.
Mount Graham
Mount Graham, Arizona is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.70198, -109.87144. Located in Arizona, United States.
Mt. Baboquivari
Mt. Baboquivari, Arizona is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 31.79147, -111.57566. Located in Arizona, United States.
Mt. Humphreys
Mt. Humphreys, Arizona is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 35.34607, -111.67834. Located in Arizona, United States.
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.08926, -112.90546. Located in Arizona, United States.
Sedona
Sedona ( si-DOH-nə) is a city that straddles the county line between Coconino and Yavapai counties in the northern Verde Valley region of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,031. The city is within the Coconino National Forest. Sedona's main attraction is its array of red sandstone formations. The formations appear to glow in brilliant orange and red when illuminated by the rising or setting sun. The red rocks form a popular backdrop for many activities, ranging from spiritual pursuits to the hundreds of hiking and mountain biking trails. Sedona was named after Sedona Schnebly whose husband, Theodore Carlton Schnebly, was the city's first postmaster. She was celebrated for her hospitality and industriousness. Her mother, Amanda Miller, claimed to have made the name up because "it sounded pretty".
Superstition Mountains
Superstition Mountains, Arizona is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 33.42879, -111.41776. Located in Arizona, United States.
Vortex at Boynton Canyon
Boynton Canyon holds the creation story of the Yavapai-Apache people, who understand this as the literal birthplace of their nation. The 80-foot Kachina Woman spire stands sentinel at the canyon's entrance, marking ground so sacred that tribal members gather here still for sunrise blessing ceremonies. For New Age seekers, this represents Sedona's most powerful balanced vortex. For the Yavapai-Apache, it is home.
Vortex at Cathedral Rock
Cathedral Rock rises from the Sedona landscape like hands raised in prayer, its twin spires reflected in the waters of Oak Creek below. Known as the deepest magnetic vortex in Sedona, this formation carries feminine energy—receptive, nurturing, drawing seekers inward toward emotional release and gentle self-discovery. Where the creek flows closest to the rock, something softens.
California
10 sites
Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 7,414 at the 2010 census. At approximately 2,700 feet (820 meters) above sea level, Joshua Tree and its surrounding communities are located in the High Desert of California. The center of the business district in Joshua Tree is on California State Route 62.
Lassen Peak
Lassen Peak, California is a mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 40.48887, -121.50484. Attributes: natural. Located in California, United States.
Mount Diablo
Mount Diablo, California is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.88163, -121.91408. Located in California, United States.
Mount San Jacinto
Mount San Jacinto, California is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 33.81448, -116.67918. Located in California, United States.
Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta (also known as Mount Shasta City) is a city in Siskiyou County, California, United States, at about 3,600 feet (1,100 m) above sea level on the flanks of Mount Shasta, a prominent northern California landmark. The city is less than 9 miles (14 km) southwest of the summit of its namesake volcano. Its population is 3,223 as of the 2020 census, down from 3,394 from the 2010 census.
Mount Tamalpais
Mount Tamalpais, California is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.92366, -122.59639. Located in California, United States.
Point Conception
Point Conception, California is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 34.44884, -120.47123. Located in California, United States.
Soldier Mountain
Soldier Mountain, California is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 41.07405, -121.56360. Located in California, United States.
Tecate Peak
Tecate Peak, California is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.57939, -116.68886. Located in California, United States.
Tolay Lake
Charmstone Lake - Tolay Lake, California is a lake of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 38.20917, -122.51389. Attributes: natural, cultural. Located in California, United States.
Colorado
7 sites
Blanca Peak
Blanca Peak, Colorado is a sacred mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.57723, -105.48584. Attributes: natural, cultural. Tradition: Navajo. Mythological context: Navajo Sacred Mountain of the East. Located in Colorado, United States.
Crestone
Crestone in Crestone, Colorado, United States.
Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods, Colorado is a natural sacred site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 38.87319, -104.88630. Attributes: natural, cultural, ceremonial. Tradition: Native American. Mythological context: Native American mythology. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.
Great Sand Dunes
Great Sand Dunes, Colorado is a natural of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.77397, -105.59647. Attributes: natural, cultural. Tradition: Native American. Located in Colorado, United States.
Island Lake
Island Lake, Colorado is a natural of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.82036, -107.80154. Attributes: natural, cultural. Tradition: Native American. Located in Colorado, United States.
Mt. Hesperus
Mt. Hesperus, Colorado is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.44517, -108.08889. Located in Colorado, United States.
Spanish Peaks
Spanish Peaks, Colorado is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.24509, -104.78725. Located in Colorado, United States.
Florida
3 sites
Crystal River Mounds
Crystal River Mounds, Florida is a indian mounds of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 28.90811, -82.64328. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Located in Florida, United States.
Lake Jackson Mounds, Tallahassee
Lake Jackson Mounds, Tallahassee, Florida is a mounds of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 30.50001, -84.31840. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Located in Florida, United States.
Mount Royal Mound
Mount Royal Mound, Florida is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 29.43323, -81.65442. Located in Florida, United States.
Georgia
3 sites
Etowah mounds
Etowah mounds, Georgia is a mound of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 34.12617, -84.80677. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological, ceremonial. Tradition: Native American. Located in Georgia, United States.
Ocmulgee Mounds
Ocmulgee Mounds, Georgia is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.84105, -83.60507. Located in Macon, Georgia, United States.
Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 6,703 according in 2020. Stone Mountain is in the eastern part of DeKalb County and is a suburb of Atlanta that encompasses nearly 1.7 square miles. It lies near and touches the western base of the geological formation of the same name. Locals often call the city "Stone Mountain Village" to distinguish it from the larger unincorporated area traditionally considered Stone Mountain and Stone Mountain Park.
Hawaii
15 sites
Hikiau Heiau
Hikiau Heiau, Hawaii is a heiau of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 19.47558, -155.91927. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological, ceremonial. Tradition: Hawaiian. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Hikinaakala Heiau
Hikinaakala Heiau, Kauai is a heiau of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 22.04238, -159.33554. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological, ceremonial. Tradition: Hawaiian. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Iao Valley State Park
Iao Valley State Park, Maui is a natural of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 20.88088, -156.54518. Attributes: natural, cultural. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Keahiakawelo (Garden of the Gods)
Keahiakawelo (Garden of the Gods), Hawaii is a natural of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 20.87899, -156.99657. Attributes: natural, cultural. Tradition: Hawaiian. Associated figure: Kawelo. Mythological context: Hawaiian mythology. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Kilauea
Mt. Kilauea is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 19.42046, -155.28728. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Kukaniloko Birthstones
Kukaniloko Birthstones, Hawaii is a birth site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 21.50476, -158.03639. Attributes: natural, cultural, archaeological, ceremonial. Tradition: Hawaiian. Located in Waipahu, Hawaii, United States.
Mauna Kea
Mauna Kea, Hawaii is a mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 19.82905, -155.47268. Attributes: natural, cultural. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Mo'okini Heiau
Mo' okini Luakini Heiau is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 21.30311, -157.74949. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
Mt. Haleakala
Mt. Haleakala, Maui is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 20.70956, -156.24876. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Piilanihale Heiau temple
Piilanihale Heiau temple, Maui is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 20.80508, -156.03875. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Pohaku Ho'ohanau
Pohaku Ho'ohanau, Kauai is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 22.04927, -159.33926. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Poli'ahu Heiau
Poli'ahu Heiau, Kauai is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 22.04647, -159.35503. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Puu Loa Petroglyphs
Puu Loa Petroglyphs, Hawaii is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 19.29271, -155.12205. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 19.42154, -155.91053. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Hawaii is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 20.02562, -155.82178. Located in Hawaii, United States.
Illinois
3 sites
Cahokia Mounds, Collinsville
Cahokia Mounds, Collinsville, Illinois is a mound of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 38.65506, -90.06182. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Native American. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in Collinsville, Illinois, United States.
Kincaid Mounds, Brookport
Kincaid Mounds, Brookport, Illinois is a mounds of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.08035, -88.49167. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Native American. Located in Illinois, United States.
National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville
National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, Illinois is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 38.56130, -90.09212. Located in Illinois, United States.
Indiana
2 sites
Angel Mounds, Evansville
Angel Mounds, Evansville, Indiana is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.94519, -87.45189. Located in Indiana, United States.
Mounds State Park
Mounds State Park, Indiana is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 40.10056, -85.61974. Located in Indiana, United States.
Iowa
1 site
Effigy Indian Mound
Effigy Indian Mound, Iowa is a mound of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 43.08921, -91.20064. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Native American. Located in Iowa, United States.
Louisiana
2 sites
Marksville mounds
Marksville mounds is a mound of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 31.12343, -92.04761. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Native American. Located in Louisiana, United States.
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Poverty Point Mounds
Poverty Point Mounds, Louisiana is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.63616, -91.40326. Located in Louisiana, United States.
Maine
1 site
Mt. Katahdin
Mt. Katahdin, Maine is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 45.90440, -68.92157. Located in Mount Katahdin Township, Maine, United States.
Maryland
1 site
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, Maryland is a basilica of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 39.29443, -76.61619. Attributes: built, cultural, pilgrimage. Tradition: Christianity. Associated figure: Blessed Virgin Mary. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Michigan
3 sites
National Shrine of the Cross in the Woods, Indian River
National Shrine of the Cross in the Woods, Indian River, Michigan is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 45.39744, -84.63131. Located in Tuscarora Township, Michigan, United States.
Norton Mound Group
Hopewell Indian Mounds, Grand Rapids, Michigan is a mound of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 42.93455, -85.72884. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Native American. Located in Wyoming, Michigan, United States.
Sleeping Bear Dunes
Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 44.87340, -86.04666. Located in Glen Arbor Township, Michigan, United States.
Minnesota
2 sites
Jeffers Petroglyphs, Comfrey
Jeffers Petroglyphs, Comfrey, Minnesota is a archaeology site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 44.09053, -95.05800. Attributes: natural, cultural, archaeological. Located in Minnesota, United States.
Pipestone National Monument
Pipestone National Park, Minnesota is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 44.01365, -96.32475. Located in Minnesota, United States.
Mississippi
1 site
Emerald Mound, Stanton
Emerald Mound, Stanton, Mississippi is a mound of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 31.63601, -91.24706. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Located in Mississippi, United States.
Missouri
1 site
Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Eureka, MO)
Black Madonna shrine known for Second US shrine to Częstochowa Madonna, healing prayers
Montana
4 sites
Chief Mountain (Ninaistakis), Glacier County
Chief Mountain (Blackfoot: Ninaistako) (9,085 feet (2,769 m)) is located in the U.S. state of Montana on the eastern border of Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The mountain is one of the most prominent peaks and rock formations along the Rocky Mountain Front, a 200 miles (320 km) long overthrust fault, known as the Lewis Overthrust, which extends from central Montana into southern Alberta, Canada.
Giant Springs, Great Falls
Giant Springs, Great Falls, Montana is a spring of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 47.53496, -111.22858. Attributes: natural, cultural. Tradition: Blackfeet Indian. Located in Montana, United States.
Sweet Grass Hills
Sweet Grass Hills, Montana is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 48.84845, -111.37802. Located in Montana, United States.
Two Medicine Lake
Two Medicine Lake, Montana is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 48.47669, -113.38681. Located in Montana, United States.
Nebraska
1 site
Pahuk Hill
Pahuk Hill, Nebraska is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 41.43150, -96.61082. Located in Nebraska, United States.
Nevada
2 sites
Newberry Mountains
Newberry Mountains, Nevada is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 35.18805, -114.70275. Located in Nevada, United States.
Spirit Mountain
Spirit Mountain, Nevada is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 35.27500, -114.72386. Located in Nevada, United States.
New Hampshire
2 sites
Mt. Washington
Mt. Washington, New Hampshire is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 44.27059, -71.30327. Located in New Hampshire, United States.
Mystery Hill, New Hampshire (America’s Stonehenge)
Mystery Hill, New Hampshire (America’s Stonehenge) is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 42.84282, -71.20723. Located in Salem, New Hampshire, United States.
New Mexico
19 sites
Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument is a 33,677-acre (136 km2) United States National Monument near Los Alamos in Sandoval and Los Alamos counties, New Mexico. The monument preserves the homes and territory of the Ancestral Puebloans of a later era in the Southwest. Most of the pueblo structures date to two eras, dating between AD 1150 and 1600. The monument is 50 square miles (130 km2) of the Pajarito Plateau, on the slopes of the Jemez volcanic field in the Jemez Mountains. Over 70% of the monument is wilderness, with over one mile of elevation change, from about 5,000 feet (1,500 m) along the Rio Grande to over 10,000 feet (3,000 m) at the peak of Cerro Grande on the rim of the Valles Caldera, providing for a wide range of life zones and wildlife habitats. 3 miles (5 km) of road and more than 70 miles (110 km) of hiking trails are built. The monument protects Ancestral Pueblo archeological sites, a diverse and scenic landscape, and the country's largest National Park Service Civilian Conservation Corps National Landmark District. Two-thirds of the park, 23,267 acres (9,416 ha), is designated as the Bandelier Wilderness Area. Motorized travel and permanent structures are forbidden in the Wilderness. Bandelier was designated by President Woodrow Wilson as a national monument on February 11, 1916, and named for Adolph Bandelier, a Swiss-American anthropologist, who researched the cultures of the area and supported preservation of the sites. The park infrastructure was developed in the 1930s by crews of the Civilian Conservation Corps and is a National Historic Landmark for its well-preserved architecture. The National Park Service cooperates with surrounding Pueblos, other federal agencies, and state agencies to manage the park.
Blue Lake
Blue Lake, New Mexico is a natural of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 36.53835, -105.39107. Attributes: natural, cultural, pilgrimage, ceremonial. Tradition: Native American. Located in New Mexico, United States.
Capitan Mountains
Capitan Mountains, New Mexico is a mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 33.60675, -105.36360. Attributes: natural, cultural. Tradition: Mescalero Apache. Located in New Mexico, United States.
Chaco Canyon
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico is a historical park of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 36.05909, -107.95784. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological, ceremonial. Tradition: Anasazi Indian. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Located in New Mexico, United States.
Chicoma Mountain
Chicoma Mountain, New Mexico is a mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 36.00797, -106.38422. Attributes: natural, cultural. Tradition: Pueblo Indians. Located in New Mexico, United States.
Gobernador knob
Gobernador knob, New Mexico is a sacred mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 36.78226, -107.59333. Attributes: natural, cultural, ceremonial. Tradition: Navajo. Mythological context: Navajo Mythology. Located in New Mexico, United States.
Hosta Butte
Hosta Butte, New Mexico is a sacred mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 35.58777, -108.19387. Attributes: natural, cultural. Located in Eastern Navajo Agency / Tʼiistsʼóóz Ńdeeshgizh Bił Hahoodzo biyiʼdi, New Mexico, United States.
Huerfano Mountain
Huerfano Mountain, New Mexico is a sacred mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 36.42639, -107.84446. Attributes: natural, cultural. Tradition: Navaho. Located in Eastern Navajo Agency / Tʼiistsʼóóz Ńdeeshgizh Bił Hahoodzo biyiʼdi, New Mexico, United States.
Mt. Conjilon
Mt. Conjilon, New Mexico is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 36.56835, -106.35170. Located in New Mexico, United States.
Mt. Salinas
Mt. Salinas, New Mexico is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 33.29830, -106.53215. Located in New Mexico, United States.
Mt. San Augustin
Mt. San Augustin, New Mexico is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 32.43870, -106.56277. Located in New Mexico, United States.
Mt. Taylor
Mt. Taylor, New Mexico is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 35.23866, -107.60815. Located in New Mexico, United States.
Petroglyphs National Monument
Petroglyphs National Monument is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 35.13872, -106.71089. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.
Sanctuary of Chimayo
Sanctuary of Chimayo, New Mexico is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 35.98920, -105.93173. Located in New Mexico, United States.
Shiprock
Shiprock (Navajo: Naatʼáanii Nééz) is an unincorporated community on the Navajo reservation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 7,718 people in the 2020 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Shiprock as a census-designated place (CDP). It is part of the Farmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. Shiprock is named after the nearby Shiprock rock formation. Since 1903, the town has been called Naat’áanii Nééz (meaning “tall leader” in the Navajo language) after the San Juan Indian Agency superintendent William T. Shelton who settled Shiprock for the United States government. Diné College is a local four-year college (formerly Navajo Community College), a tribally controlled community college with seven other campuses across the Navajo Nation. It is the site of a Chapter House for the Navajo, a Bureau of Indian Affairs agency and the Northern Navajo Medical Center (an Indian Health Service hospital). The town is a key road junction for truck traffic and tourists visiting the Four Corners, Mesa Verde, Shiprock and the Grand Canyon. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 64 and U.S. Route 491 (formerly U.S. Route 666). The annual Northern Navajo Fair is held every October. Since 1984, the community has hosted the Shiprock Marathon and Relay.
Truchas Peak
Truchas Peak, New Mexico is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 35.96269, -105.64502. Located in New Mexico, United States.
Ute Mountain
Ute Mountain, New Mexico is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 36.93748, -105.68393. Located in New Mexico, United States.
White Sands
White Sands is a census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. It consists of the main residential area on the White Sands Missile Range. As of the 2010 census the population of the CDP was 1,651. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Zuni Lake
Zuni Lake, New Mexico is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 34.44826, -108.76808. Located in New Mexico, United States.
New York
5 sites
Balanced Rock
Balanced Rock is one of the most popular features of Arches National Park, situated in Grand County, Utah, United States. Balanced Rock is located next to the park's main road, at about 9.2 miles (14.8 km) from the park entrance. It is one of only a few prominent features clearly visible from the road. The total height of Balanced Rock is 128 feet (39 m), with the balancing rock rising 55 feet (16.75 m) above the base. This rock is the largest of its kind in the park, weighing approximately 3,577 tons.
Mt. Marcy
Mt. Marcy, New York is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 44.11255, -73.92348. Located in Town of Keene, New York, United States.
Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna
Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna, New York is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 42.82521, -78.82361. Located in City of Lackawanna, New York, United States.
Shrine of Our Lady of the Island, Long Island
Shrine of Our Lady of the Island, Long Island, New York is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 40.84949, -72.75699. Located in Town of Brookhaven, New York, United States.
Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Fonda
Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Fonda, New York is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 42.95011, -74.39277. Located in Town of Mohawk, New York, United States.
North Carolina
2 sites
Mt. Richland-Balsam
Mt. Richland-Balsam, North Carolina is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 35.36732, -82.99041. Located in North Carolina, United States.
Pilot Mountain
Pilot Mountain, North Carolina is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 36.34012, -80.47496. Located in North Carolina, United States.
Ohio
4 sites
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks
The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks rise from Ohio's rolling landscape as monuments to a 2,000-year-old vision. Massive geometric enclosures—circles, octagons, squares—were built by dispersed communities who gathered to mark cosmic events and honor the dead. The Octagon aligns with the moon's 18.6-year cycle. The Great Circle spans thirty acres. In 2023, UNESCO recognized what Indigenous peoples have always known: this land was sacred, is sacred, will always be sacred.
Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics
In rural western Ohio, surrounded by farmland and the steeples of over thirty cross-tipped churches, the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics holds one of the largest collections of authenticated sacred relics in the United States. More than 1,200 relics rest here, ninety-five percent authenticated by the Vatican as first-class, including five fragments of the True Cross and the wax-coated body of St. Victoria. An inscription above the Relic Chapel door reads: 'Enter devoutly, O Pilgrim, for no place is holier than this on the New Continent.'
Serpent Mound, Peebles
Serpent Mound, Peebles, Ohio is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 39.02524, -83.43020. Located in Bratton Township, Ohio, United States.
The Sorrowful Mother Shrine
The Sorrowful Mother Shrine, Bellevue, Ohio is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 41.18400, -82.84234. Located in Thompson Township, Ohio, United States.
Oklahoma
2 sites
Antelope and Buffalo Springs (Chickasaw National Recreation Area)
Antelope and Buffalo Springs, Sulphur, Oklahoma is a spring of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 34.50265, -96.93928. Attributes: natural, cultural. Located in Oklahoma, United States.
Spiro Mounds State Park
Spiro Mounds State Park is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 35.31172, -94.56843. Located in Fort Coffee, Oklahoma, United States.
Oregon
4 sites
Mt. Hood
Mt. Hood, Oregon is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 45.37362, -121.69595. Located in Oregon, United States.
Multnomah Falls
Multnomah Falls, Oregon is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 45.57616, -122.11578. Located in Oregon, United States.
Wallowa Lake
Wallowa Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the south end of Wallowa Lake, and is a small community made up of vacation homes, lodging, restaurants, as well as other small businesses.
Wizard Island, Crater Lake
Wizard Island, Crater Lake, Oregon is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 42.94009, -122.14703. Located in Oregon, United States.
Pennsylvania
1 site
National Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa
National Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa, Doylestown, Pennsylvania is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 40.31896, -75.17936. Located in New Britain Township, Pennsylvania, United States.
Puerto Rico
1 site
Caguana Ceremonial Indigenous Heritage Site
Cagüana Heritage Center is a heritage center of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 18.29537, -66.77826. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological, ceremonial. Located in Puerto Rico, United States.
Santa Barbara County
1 site
Point Conception
Point Conception in None, Santa Barbara County, United States.
South Dakota
3 sites
Bear Butte
Bear Butte, South Dakota is a mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 44.47446, -103.42323. Attributes: natural, cultural. Located in South Dakota, United States.
Black Elk Peak
Harney Peak, South Dakota is a mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 43.86647, -103.53181. Attributes: natural, cultural, ceremonial. Tradition: Sioux Native American. Associated figure: Black Elk. Mythological context: Black Elk's Great Vision. Located in South Dakota, United States.
Wind Cave
Wind Cave, South Dakota is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 43.58698, -103.44074. Located in South Dakota, United States.
Texas
3 sites
Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle, San Juan
The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle is a minor basilica of the Catholic Church located in San Juan, Texas, United States. It is also a national shrine under the direction of the Diocese of Brownsville.
Enchanted Rock
Enchanted Rock, Texas is a natural of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 30.50696, -98.81722. Attributes: natural, cultural. Tradition: Native American. Mythological context: Tonkawa, Apache and Comanche folklore. Located in Texas, United States.
Guadalupe Peak
Guadalupe Peak, Texas is a sacred mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 31.89123, -104.86050. Attributes: natural, cultural. Tradition: Mescalero Apache. Mythological context: Apache and European legends of gold caches. Located in Texas, United States.
Utah
3 sites
Bryce Canyon National Park
At the edge of Utah's high plateau, thousands of stone spires rise from natural amphitheaters in formations found nowhere else on Earth. The Paiute call them the Legend People—ancient beings turned to stone by the Coyote spirit. The Hopi consider this place their heaven. At sunrise, the rocks glow with otherworldly light, and at night, seven thousand stars fill skies darker than almost anywhere in the continental United States.
Hovenweep Ruins
Hovenweep Ruins, Utah is a ancient village of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 37.29928, -109.18420. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Ancient Puebloan. Located in Shiprock Agency / Naatʼáanii Nééz Bił Hahoodzo biyiʼdi, Arizona, United States.
Zion National Park
For over eight centuries, the Southern Paiute have known these canyon walls as sacred homeland, a landscape alive with spiritual power they call Puha. Mormon settlers, overwhelmed by the vertical grandeur, named it after the biblical holy city. The same quality that moved both cultures persists today: something in these 3,000-foot cliffs and narrow corridors that makes the world feel thin, permeable, charged with presence.
Washington
4 sites
Mount Adams
Mount Adams, Washington is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 46.20247, -121.49102. Located in Washington, United States.
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier, Washington is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 46.85231, -121.76032. Located in Washington, United States.
Snoqualmie Falls
Snoqualmie Falls, Oregon is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 47.54186, -121.83729. Located in Snoqualmie, Washington, United States.
Tamanowas Rock Santuary
Tamanowas Rock Santuary, Washington is a site of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 48.02211, -122.79327. Located in Washington, United States.
West Virginia
1 site
Grave Creek Mound, Moundsville
Grave Creek Mound, Moundsville, Ohio is a mound of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 39.91687, -80.74436. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Native American. Located in Moundsville, West Virginia, United States.
Wisconsin
1 site
Aztalan Mounds
Aztalan Mounds, Wisconsin is a mound of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 43.06685, -88.86190. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological. Tradition: Native American. Located in Wisconsin, United States.
Wyoming
2 sites
Big Horn Medicine Wheel
Big Horn Medicine Wheel, Wyoming is a astronomical observation device of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 44.82587, -107.92153. Attributes: built, cultural, archaeological, ceremonial. Located in Wyoming, United States.
Inyan Kara Mountain
Inyan Kara Mountain, Wyoming is a mountain of sacred significance. Approximate coordinates: 44.21365, -104.34969. Attributes: natural, cultural, ceremonial. Tradition: Cheyenne and Sioux Lakota. Located in Wyoming, United States.