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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.
238 sacred sites across 67 regions. Use the tradition links to narrow in.
Sacred journeys
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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Mt. Marcy, New York
Town of Keene, New York, United States
Mt. Marcy stands 5,344 feet above the Adirondack wilderness, the highest point in New York State....
Mt. Rainier, Washington
Ashford, Washington, United States
Rising 14,411 feet above the Pacific Northwest, Tahoma—known to settlers as Mount Rainier—has been sacred to the Puyallup, Nisqually, Muckleshoot, Yakama, and Cowlitz...
Mt. Richland-Balsam, North Carolina
Near Waynesville, North Carolina, United States
At 6,053 feet, Richland Balsam rises as the highest point on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the mythological dwelling place of Judaculla, the most powerful figure in Cherokee...
Mt. Taylor, New Mexico
Cibola County, New Mexico, United States
Mount Taylor rises to 11,301 feet above the desert of western New Mexico, a dormant stratovolcano visible from vast distances....
Mt. Washington, New Hampshire
Gorham, New Hampshire, United States
Mount Washington rises 6,288 feet above northern New Hampshire, the highest peak in the northeastern United States....
Multnomah Falls, Oregon
Corbett, Oregon, United States
Multnomah Falls plunges 620 feet down basalt cliffs in the Columbia River Gorge, the most visited natural site in the Pacific Northwest....
Museum at Eldridge Street
New York, New York, United States
Museum at Eldridge Street in New York, New York, belongs within Judaism. At Museum at Eldridge Street, sacred life continues through Jewish prayer at Museum at Eldridge...
Mystery Hill, New Hampshire (America’s Stonehenge)
Salem, New Hampshire, United States
On a wooded hillside in Salem, New Hampshire, a labyrinth of stone chambers, walls, and standing stones awaits those drawn to the unexplained....
National Shrine of Our Lady of Częstochowa, Pennsylvania
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
On the highest ground in Bucks County, a replica of the Black Madonna watches over 170 acres of Pennsylvania farmland....
National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche
St. Augustine, United States
At the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St Augustine, Mary is depicted nursing Jesus....
National Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs
Auriesville, New York, United States
National Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs is a pilgrimage campus, church, chapels, and memorial landscape associated with Catholic martyrs in Auriesville, United States....
National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, Illinois
Belleville, Illinois, United States
Each year, over a million people walk the grounds of America's largest outdoor Marian shrine, tracing paths between a Lourdes grotto replica and the Stations of the Cross....
National Shrine of Saint Dymphna
Massillon, Ohio, United States
The National Shrine of Saint Dymphna is housed in Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Massillon.
National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States
National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
National Shrine of Saint Jude
Chicago, Illinois, United States
The National Shrine of Saint Jude is inside Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on Chicago’s Southeast Side.
National Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The National Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia on South Broad Street welcomes people carrying painful conflicts, strained relationships and causes they find difficult to...
National Shrine of St. John Neumann
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
National Shrine of St. John Neumann in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity. At National Shrine of St....
National Shrine of the Cross in the Woods, Indian River, Michigan
Indian River, Michigan, United States
In the forests of northern Michigan stands a crucifix that demands contemplation: 55 feet of redwood supporting a 28-foot bronze figure of Christ weighing seven tons....
National Shrine of The Divine Mercy
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States
National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Nauvoo Illinois Temple
Nauvoo, Illinois, United States
Nauvoo Illinois Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois, belongs within Latter Day Saint Restoration traditions....
Newberry Mountains, Nevada
Laughlin, Nevada, United States
In the Mojave Desert south of Las Vegas, a granite mountain rises to meet the sky....
Norton Mound Group
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
On the banks of the Grand River near Grand Rapids, eleven earthen mounds rise from the landscape, remnants of a burial ground created over 1,500 years ago....
Ocmulgee Mounds, Georgia
Macon, Georgia, United States
In central Georgia, where the Ocmulgee River bends, earthen mounds rise from a landscape inhabited for 12,000 years....
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
Ajo, Arizona, United States
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument holds some of the most significant sacred sites of the Tohono O'odham Nation outside their reservation....
Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna, New York
City of Lackawanna, New York, United States
In Lackawanna, New York, a working-class city south of Buffalo, a basilica rises that should not exist....
Owámniyomni (St. Anthony Falls)
Minnesota, United States
Owámniyomni, commonly called St. Anthony Falls, is a place of deep significance in Dakota homeland....
Pahuk Hill, Nebraska
Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska, United States
On a wooded bluff above Nebraska's Platte River, Pahuk stands as the most sacred site in Pawnee religion—the last surviving dwelling of the nahurac, the sacred spirit...
Petroglyphs National Monument
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Along a 17-mile basalt escarpment on Albuquerque's western edge, approximately 24,000 petroglyphs line volcanic rock born of eruptions that brought the Earth's interior to...
Piilanihale Heiau temple, Maui
Hana, Hawaii, United States
Deep in the jungle of Maui's remote Hana coast stands Polynesia's largest temple....
Pilot Mountain, North Carolina
Pinnacle, North Carolina, United States
Pilot Mountain rises from the North Carolina Piedmont like a sentinel from another age....
Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota
Pipestone, Minnesota, United States
For over three thousand years, Native Americans have traveled to this quarry in southwestern Minnesota to extract the red pipestone used for ceremonial pipes....
Pohaku Ho'ohanau, Kauai
Kapaa, Hawaii, United States
On Kauai's eastern shore, within the Wailua Complex of Heiaus, two weathered stones mark the threshold where royal ali'i entered the physical world....
Point Conception, California
Santa Barbara County, California, United States
Point Conception juts westward into the Pacific at the precise bend where the California coastline pivots from north-south to east-west....
Poli'ahu Heiau, Kauai
Kapaa, Hawaii, United States
On a bluff above Kauai's Wailua River, massive stone walls enclose a temple that once served the island's paramount chiefs....
Poverty Point Mounds, Louisiana
West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States
In northeastern Louisiana, beneath Spanish moss and summer heat, six concentric ridges arc around a central plaza while a 72-foot bird effigy rises to the west....
Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau
Pūpūkea / Haleʻiwa, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, Hawaii, United States
Puʻu o Mahuka is the largest heiau on Oʻahu, a luakini-class temple reserved for the highest political and religious rites of the island's paramount chiefs....
Puu Loa Petroglyphs, Hawaii
Volcano, Hawaii, United States
On a 550-year-old lava flow in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, over 23,000 petroglyphs cover a volcanic dome called the Hill of Long Life....
Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii
Honaunau, Hawaii, United States
On the black lava coast of Hawaii's Big Island, a massive stone wall marks the boundary between ordinary life and sanctuary....
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Hawaii
Kawaihae, Hawaii, United States
On a windswept hill overlooking Kawaihae Bay, the massive walls of Puukohola Heiau stand as testimony to the founding moment of the Hawaiian Kingdom....
Sacred Grove
Palmyra, New York, United States
Sacred Grove in Palmyra, New York, belongs within Latter Day Saint Restoration traditions....
Saint Lucy’s Church, Newark
Newark, United States
Saint Lucy’s Church in Newark houses the National Shrine of Saint Gerard. Its long-standing celebration of the saint belongs to the parish’s Italian-American history and...
Saint Meinrad Archabbey
St. Meinrad, Indiana, United States
Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. At Saint Meinrad Archabbey, meinrad, Indiana, belongs within Christian monastic tradition....
San Antonio Missions
San Antonio, Texas, United States
San Antonio Missions in San Antonio, Texas, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
San Elizario Presidio Chapel
San Elizario, San Elizario, Texas, United States
Its inclusion on El Paso Mission Trail is supported by the reviewed route, religious, preserved material, and structured-named place consulted evidence....
San Fernando Cathedral
San Antonio, Texas, United States
San Fernando Cathedral is a living cathedral, parish community, and civic religious landmark in San Antonio, United States....
San Marcos Springs
San Marcos, Texas, United States
San Marcos Springs rise beneath Spring Lake.
San Miguel Chapel
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Sanctuary of Chimayo, New Mexico
Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States
El Santuario de Chimayo is the most important Catholic pilgrimage site in the United States, drawing up to 300,000 visitors annually and tens of thousands of walking...
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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 238 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.