Capulin, United States

... , a bright spot in the clouds, about 20 degrees above the horizon. When I parked for the night on the roadside near Capulin (pronounced cah-poo-LEEN, New Mexico, it was still snowing. I decided to stop here because the extinct volcano called Capulin is ...

... 1863 gave the North control of the Mississippi River in the Civil War.   On July 17, 1991 I visited Capulin Volcano National Monument in New Mexico. Today it is just a peaceful mountain that stands 1,400 feet above the ...

Capulin National Park is in the middle of a volcano field in New Mexico..errie...we were able to walk the perimeter of the volcano and then go down inside.  Pretty cool.

Took some roadside pictures and also visit the Capulin Volcanoe.  We both hiked to bottom and back to earn our medallions for our sticks.  He actually hike the over 1 mile all around the top of the cone! After that we drove to Raton for some ...