Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument is located on the northern edge of the Grand Canyon in northwest Arizona. The monument was established by Presidential Proclamation 7265 on January 11, 2000.DescriptionThe 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 1,048,325acre monument 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 Land Department lands and of private lands within the monument boundaries. Grand Canyon-Parashant is not considered a separate unit of the NPS because its NPS area is counted in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. 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 Parashant is derived from Paiute word Pawteh 'ee oasoasant, meaning "tanned elk hide," or "softening of the elk hide."Wilderness areasGrand Canyon-Parashant includes the following wilderness areas: Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness Mount Logan Wilderness Mount Trumbull Wilderness Paiute Wilderness (part)
