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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Lenox Crater Trail
Visitor viewing distant mountains across summit of Lenox Crater

Photo by Joelle Clark

View across the summit of Lenox Crater

 

This is your opportunity to climb a cinder cone. (Sunset Crater Volcano is closed to hiking due to erosional damage.)

From the top, you can see the San Francisco Peaks, Sunset Crater and its lava flow.

 

Distance 1 mile round-trip
Time

45 minutes round-trip
Difficulty Strenuous
Accessibility Steep slopes covered with loose cinders
A firey night eruption in Hawaii  

Did You Know?
The eruption of Sunset Crater Volcano must have been a powerful event. It destroyed all plants within a 5-mile radius. A fountain of fire, 850 feet high, was visible for miles around. An ash cloud rose 2.5 miles into the sky, and falling ash covered about 64,000 acres.

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Last Updated: September 14, 2006 at 19:19 EST