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
Sunset Crater Volcano National MonumentAerial view of the crater
view map
text size:largestlargernormal
printer friendly
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Places To Go
A park ranger at entrance station gives directions
NPS photo
A park ranger points the way.

Need information or a place to pitch your tent? Click on the links above.

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.

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