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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community May 25, 2004
Pros: hands on look at volcanoes, easily accessible, interesting exhibits in visitor center
Cons: only one cinder cone is accessible...
Summary: At Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument you get a chance to wander among the lava flows and gaze at the cinder cones from the youngest volcano on the Colorado Plateau. It was only 900 years ago that Sunset Crater erupted, spewing lava and cinders ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 29, 2012
Pros: Worth a see if even to see the eerie!
Many cones and lava flows.
Cons: can't walk to the top rim of the volcano.
Summary: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. That's a mouthful. In reading the NPS website they had a note at the bottom of the page in their Did you know? sections stating... Legend says that 19th -century explorer John Westley ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 23, 2003
Pros: Unusual geological formations and unique sight- seeing
Cons: You can't climb to the top of the crater!
Summary: Located just a few minutes northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument is a 3,040 acre preserve that showcases the remains of a once active volcanic area. This large cinder cone rises about 1,000 feet from the desert floor ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 9, 2001
Pros: Beautiful sight
Cons: none
Summary: My family was on the way home from our vacation when we rounded a curve on an Arizona Highway (don't remember which one since I was a kid then), and all of us gasped at the beautiful sight of Sunset Crater looming in front of us. We soon found a ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 26, 2000
Pros: get to see 2 neat places
Cons: nothing
Summary: On a summer trip out west, I decided, as a sort of afterthought, to stop at this national park. When you go to Sunset Crater Volcano near Flagstaff, Arizona you also get to see Wupatki for free. I ended up liking Wupatki indian ruins better. And, since ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 16, 2000
Pros: Unreal, unique, and fun.
Cons: May be hot(90'F) in the summer.
Summary: Sunset Crater National Monument is one of my local playgrounds. Situated in the high Ponderosa Pine forests near Flagstaff, Arizona at 7,000 feet.
Featuring recent obvious volcanic activity, hiking trails, camping areas, and close proximity to two ... read more
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jan 1, 2006
Pros: Scoria Lives - Makes me think of Taco Bell
Cons: None - a very nice park.
Summary: Sunset Crater is on of the most recent volcanically active areas in the lower 48. It erupted just over 900 years ago, and left behind a classic cinder cone volcano, lava tubes, and Aa Aa lava flows. Anyone would find the raw beauty of this park a place
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