National Park Service LogoU.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceNational Park Service
National Park Service: U.S. Department of the InteriorNational Park Service Arrowhead
 
 
Making America's Best Idea Even Better
Sunset Crater Volcano National MonumentPlant grows in lava field
view map
text size:largestlargernormal
printer friendly
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
For Kids

for kids includes:

Be A Junior Ranger
 

Our Junior Ranger Program
Be a Sunset Crater Volcano Junior Ranger. Click here.

WebRangers
Become a WebRanger. Now you can have fun and learn about national parks even if you are not able to visit a park right now.
Paricutin volcano erupting  

Did You Know?
When Paricutin erupted in Michoacan, Mexico in 1943, scientists flocked to the site. Observations and studies there have helped to explain the eruption of Sunset Crater Volcano in Arizona 900 years earlier.

Disclaimer Accessibility Privacy Policy FOIA Notices USA.gov

Last Updated: April 20, 2009 at 18:20 EST