---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410ooo–1"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410ooo–1"
heading: "Establishment of Pinnacles National Park"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410ooo-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–MM — Pinnacles National Park"
---

# §410ooo–1. Establishment of Pinnacles National Park

- (a) **Establishment and purpose—** There is hereby established Pinnacles National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) in the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of California for the purposes of—
  - (1) preserving and interpreting for the benefit of future generations the chaparral, grasslands, blue oak woodlands, and majestic valley oak savanna ecosystems of the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A), the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A)’s geomorphology, riparian watersheds, unique flora and fauna, and the ancestral and cultural history of [native](/usc/16/3102.md?p=16) Americans, settlers and explorers; and
  - (2) interpreting the recovery program for the California Condor and the international significance of the program.
- (b) **Boundaries—** The boundaries of Pinnacles National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) are as generally depicted on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) entitled “Proposed: Pinnacles National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Designation Change”, numbered 114/111,724, and dated December 2011. The [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service.
- (c) **Abolishment of current Pinnacles National Monument—**
  - (1) **In general—** In light of the establishment of Pinnacles National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), Pinnacles National Monument is hereby abolished and the lands and interests therein are incorporated within and made part of Pinnacles National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3). Any funds available for purposes of the monument shall be available for purposes of the [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3).
  - (2) **References—** Any references in law (other than in this subchapter), regulation, document, record, [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) or other paper of the United States to Pinnacles National Monument shall be considered a reference to Pinnacles National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3).
- (d) **Administration—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior shall administer Pinnacles National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) in accordance with this subchapter and laws generally applicable to [units](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) System, including the National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service Organic Act ([16 U.S.C. 1](/usc/16/1.md), 2–4).[^1]

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 112–245, § 3, Jan. 10, 2013, 126 Stat. 2386.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (c)(2) and (d), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 112–245, Jan. 10, 2013, 126 Stat. 2385, known as the Pinnacles National Park Act, which enacted this subchapter and amended provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas under section 1132 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 410ooo of this title and Tables.

The National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1, 2–4), referred to in subsec. (d), is act Aug. 25, 1916, ch. 408, 39 Stat. 535, which enacted sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 100101 of Title 54, National Park Service and Related Programs. Sections 1 to 4 of the Act were repealed and restated as section 1865(a) of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of Title 54 by Pub. L. 113–287, §§ 3, 4(a)(1), 7, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3094, 3260, 3272. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. For disposition of former sections of this title, see Disposition Table preceding section 100101 of Title 54.