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United States
The United States sacred-site map spans Indigenous homelands, mission churches, Marian shrines, contemplative monasteries, desert pilgrimage landscapes, and newer places of spiritual gathering.
221 sacred sites across 64 regions. Use the tradition links to narrow in.
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Pilgrimages in United States
Follow routes that connect sacred places across United States. Mapped-place counts reflect the current atlas.
Christianity · California
California Mission Trail
California Missions Trail / El Camino Real
Twenty-one surviving mission sites from San Diego to Sonoma, approached as living churches, Indigenous homelands, and places shaped by colonization.
21 mapped places in United States · 21-station pilgrimage
Christianity · El Paso County, Texas
El Paso Mission Trail
A complete three-church trail along nine miles of the historic Camino Real, linking Ysleta, Socorro, and San Elizario while keeping the region's living Indigenous and borderlands history in view.
3 mapped places in United States · 3-station pilgrimage
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16th Street Baptist Church
Birmingham, Alabama, United States
16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, belongs within Black Protestant Christianity....
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani
Trappist, Kentucky, United States
Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in Trappist, Kentucky, belongs within Christian monastic tradition....
Airport Mesa, Sedona
Sedona, Arizona, United States
Perched above Sedona with 360-degree views of the red rock landscape, Airport Mesa offers the most accessible encounter with vortex energy....
Angel Mounds, Evansville, Indiana
Evansville, Indiana, United States
For 350 years, Angel Mounds was the center of a world. The Mississippian people who built this sacred city aligned their mounds with solstices, tracking celestial events...
Antelope and Buffalo Springs (Chickasaw National Recreation Area)
Sulphur, Oklahoma, United States
In the Arbuckle foothills of Oklahoma, five million gallons of pure water gush daily from the earth....
Antelope Canyon
Page, Arizona, United States
Deep within Navajo land, narrow sandstone passages open into chambers of flowing stone and cascading light....
As Nieves Latte Stone Quarry
Songsong / Sinapalo area, Rota, Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, United States
At As Nieves on Rota, nine massive latte shafts and seven capstones sit exactly where their carvers left them, mid-quarry, for reasons no source can confirm....
Aztalan Mounds, Wisconsin
Lake Mills, Wisconsin, United States
On the banks of the Crawfish River, platform mounds rise from prairie grass where they have stood for a millennium....
Bahá'í House of Worship
Wilmette, Illinois, United States
Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, belongs within Bahá'í Faith. At Bahá'í House of Worship, sacred life continues through prayer at Bahá'í House of Worship,...
Bandelier National Monument
Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States
In a volcanic canyon carved by centuries of water and wind, the Ancestral Puebloans built homes into the soft tuff cliffs, dug kivas into the earth, and left petroglyphs...
BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham
Robbinsville, New Jersey, United States
BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville, New Jersey, belongs within Hinduism....
Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle, San Juan, Texas
San Juan, Texas, United States
In the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, over one million pilgrims journey each year to venerate a small statue of the Virgin Mary that survived a devastating 1970 plane...
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
In downtown Baltimore stands the Mother Church of Roman Catholicism in the United States, the first cathedral built in the new nation after its founding....
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, District of Columbia, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower is a living Carmelite parish, minor basilica, national shrine, and relic sanctuary in San Antonio, United States....
Bear Butte, South Dakota
Sturgis, South Dakota, United States
Rising alone from the South Dakota plains, Bear Butte has drawn seekers for ten thousand years. For the Lakota, it is their most sacred altar....
Bear Lodge / Devils Tower
Devils Tower, Wyoming, United States
Bear Lodge / Devils Tower in Devils Tower, Wyoming, belongs within Indigenous traditions of culturally affiliated Nations....
Bears Ears National Monument
Blanding, Utah, United States
Bears Ears National Monument in Blanding, Utah, belongs within Indigenous traditions of culturally affiliated Nations....
Big Horn Medicine Wheel, Wyoming
Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States
At nearly 10,000 feet in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains, stones form a wheel 80 feet across, with 28 spokes radiating toward the sky. No one knows who built it....
Black Elk Peak, South Dakota
Custer, South Dakota, United States
Rising as the highest point in the Black Hills, Black Elk Peak stands at the center of the world in Lakota cosmology....
Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Eureka, MO)
Eureka, Missouri, United States
Hidden on a wooded hillside in the Missouri Ozarks, the Black Madonna Shrine is the life's work of Brother Bronislaus Luszcz, a Polish Franciscan who spent 23 years...
Blanca Peak, Colorado
Fort Garland, Colorado, United States
Blanca Peak rises in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Range as one of the four most sacred mountains in Navajo religion....
Blue Lake, New Mexico
Taos County, New Mexico, United States
High in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, an alpine lake sits at 11,300 feet, closed to all but the people who emerged from its waters....
Blythe Intaglios
Blythe, California, United States
In the Colorado Desert, fifteen miles north of Blythe, six colossal figures lie etched into the earth....
Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon City, Utah, United States
At the edge of Utah's high plateau, thousands of stone spires rise from natural amphitheaters in formations found nowhere else on Earth....
Byodo-In Temple
Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States
Byodo-In Temple in Kaneohe, Hawaii, belongs within Buddhism. At Byodo-In Temple, sacred life continues through meditation at Byodo-In Temple, chanting at Byodo-In Temple,...
Caguana Ceremonial Indigenous Heritage Site
Utuado, Puerto Rico, United States
In the mountain heart of Puerto Rico, thirteen stone-lined courts stand beneath the sacred Cemi Mountain, where the Taino believed gods made their home....
Cahokia Mounds, Collinsville, Illinois
Collinsville, Illinois, United States
Eight miles from downtown St. Louis, across the Mississippi, 70 earthen mounds mark what was once the largest city north of Mexico....
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
Chinle Agency, Arizona, United States
Canyon de Chelly rises 1,000 feet above a valley where Navajo families still farm, herd sheep, and practice traditions their ancestors carried here three centuries ago....
Capitan Mountains, New Mexico
Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States
The Capitan Mountains rise from the desert of south-central New Mexico in an unusual east-west ridge, climbing from Chihuahuan sagebrush to spruce-fir forest across 4,500...
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Coolidge, Arizona, United States
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument in Coolidge, Arizona, belongs within Indigenous traditions of culturally affiliated Nations....
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis in St. At Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, louis, Missouri, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine
St. Augustine, Florida, United States
Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine in St. At Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, augustine, Florida, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York, New York, United States
Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, New York, belongs within Episcopal Christianity. At Cathedral of St....
Central Synagogue
New York, New York, United States
Central Synagogue in New York, New York, belongs within Judaism. At Central Synagogue, sacred life continues through Jewish prayer at Central Synagogue, Torah reading at...
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
San Juan County, New Mexico, United States
In the high desert of New Mexico, the ruins of Chaco Canyon stand as testimony to a civilization that achieved extraordinary things....
Chief Mountain (Ninaistakis), Glacier County, Montana
Babb, Montana, United States
Chief Mountain rises alone at the edge of the Rocky Mountains, a solitary peak standing sentinel where the plains meet the sky....
Chuang Yen Monastery
Kent, New York, United States
Chuang Yen Monastery in Kent, New York, belongs within Buddhism. At Chuang Yen Monastery, sacred life continues through meditation at Chuang Yen Monastery, chanting at...
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
Ukiah, California, United States
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, California, belongs within Buddhism. At City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, sacred life continues through meditation at City of Ten...
Congregation Mickve Israel
Savannah, Georgia, United States
Congregation Mickve Israel in Savannah, Georgia, belongs within Judaism. At Congregation Mickve Israel, sacred life continues through Jewish prayer at Congregation Mickve...
Crestone
Crestone, Colorado, United States
Crestone rises against the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as North America's most remarkable interfaith sanctuary....
Crystal River Mounds, Florida
Crystal River, Florida, United States
On Florida's Gulf Coast, six mounds rise above the Crystal River where, for sixteen centuries, peoples gathered to bury their dead with copper from the Great Lakes and...
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, belongs within Black Protestant Christianity....
Effigy Indian Mound, Iowa
Allamakee County, Iowa, United States
High above the Mississippi River, on bluffs overlooking one of America's great waterways, ancestors built the earth into the shapes of bears, birds, and water spirits....
Emerald Mound, Stanton, Mississippi
Stanton, Mississippi, United States
Rising from the Mississippi landscape, Emerald Mound covers eight acres and stands as the second-largest Mississippian ceremonial mound in the United States, surpassed...
Enchanted Rock, Texas
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States
Rising from the Texas Hill Country, this massive pink granite dome has drawn humans for over ten thousand years....
Etowah mounds, Georgia
Cartersville, Georgia, United States
In the rolling hills of northwest Georgia, six earthen mounds rise above the Etowah River where the Mississippian people built one of the most powerful chiefdoms in...
Garden of the Gods, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Garden of the Gods rises from the Colorado plains as one of America's most sacred landscapes, a place where the Ute people believe humanity was created....
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Key questions
United States sacred-site questions
What sacred sites can I explore in United States?
Pilgrim Map lists sacred places in United States across living worship sites, heritage landmarks, pilgrimage destinations, and culturally significant landscapes. The current guide lists 221 sites organized by region and tradition.
Which traditions are represented in United States?
The most represented traditions include Indigenous, Roman Catholic Christianity, Roman Catholic Christianity and California Indigenous histories, Christianity, Indigenous traditions of culturally affiliated Nations, Latter Day Saint Restoration traditions.
How should I plan a sacred-site visit in United States?
Start with regional clusters, compare nearby places on the map, then open individual site pages for coordinates, etiquette, and sacred context where available.
Can I view United States sacred sites on a map?
Yes. Switch to map view to compare geographic clusters, then open individual site pages for coordinates, visiting context, and related places.