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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Aerial view of the crater
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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
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Aerial view of Sunset Crater Volcano

Did You Know?
Legend says that 19th-century explorer John Wesley Powell named Sunset Crater Volcano because its rim of red and yellow cinders suggested the colors of a perpetual sunset.

Last Updated: August 10, 2006 at 11:15 MST