Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Flagstaff

We traveled from Winslow, Arizona to Page, Arizona and stopped at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument along the way. It was interesting to see how much of this part of Arizona was once covered by active volcanoes and cinder cones. We spent the night in Page with just one more day of travel to reach our destination in Utah …

Nach dem Continental Breakfast im Hotel ging es gegen 7:45 bei immerhin schon wieder 36 Grad gen Norden, Richtung Flagstaff.

Die Fahrt dorthin war allein schon ein Erlebnis für sich. Auf den ersten Kilometern Richtung Norden hatten wir Einblick auf die Ebene, durch die wir am Vortag nach Phoenix gefahren waren - dort wälzte sich heute eine …

I was not really happy to leave the solace of Homolovi, but know that I really have to keep moving north, if I choose to meet my goal. I “downloaded” and got moving by about ten AM. My first stop was at the Flying J again, to gas up Shorty. It wasn’t easy. It’s a busy place, so I pulled in behind an empty pickup towing a …

So we have to leave the Grand Canyon by noon. That gives me the morning to bum around the canyon. So why not do one of the things I have not done yet – bike. Woke up around 7 to get my bike ready to take on some of the Greenways. These are wide paths just built by the park service around the area so bikes can get around and not have to ride …

... was built on a rock formation out in the open with a view for miles. Leaving Wupatki, the loop continues onto Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. It was a 30-minute drive to an overlook and then a trailhead. The volcano is at 8,039 feet. I walked ...

Stopped by Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument to see some volcanoes? Had no idea the Flagstaff mountain (San Francisco Peak) and 700 other "mountains" around here are actually volcanoes. Sunset ...

... because it was very small and there not much to do other then go on a hike.   Next we went to Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument.  There we got another JR ranger book and went on a hike again.  This National Park really reminded me ...

... after they opened and popped in to finally, pick up an Arizona state map. Map in hand we headed back north to Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. Here we did a short walk through a lava flow and then a short, but rather steep walk to look at Lennox ...

North of Flagstaff is the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. The volcano eruption occured between about 1080 and 1150 AD.  The Sunset Crater eruption produced a blanket of ash covering an area of more than 810 sq miles and ...

... also.  Saw a sign while flying down the I40.  Legal speed limit is 75. My next stop was Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. The lava field was created by multiple eruptions from the volcano.  I have never seen anything like ...

We awoke in Flagstaff and proceeded to Sunset Crater National Park.  The temperature was quite pleasant compared to what we had experienced the previous day, and we had about an hour to explore the trails at the base of the Western side of the ...