• Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

    Sunset Crater Volcano

    National Monument Arizona

Lenox Crater Trail

Visitor viewing distant mountains across summit of Lenox Crater
View across the summit of Lenox Crater
Photo by Joelle Clark

 

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

Did You Know?

Landscape with San Francisco Peaks

Sunset Crater Volcano is just one of about 600 in the San Francisco Volcano Field. Virtually every mountain you see from here is of volcanic origin.