by jps246 in Hotels & Travel, - Top 50, May 18 '04
Pros: one of the best preserved & easily accessed meteor craters in the world Cons: the museums a bit tacky, prices are high & you can't get into the crater
The Barringer Meteorite Crater, located about 20 miles west of Winslow, Arizona is a stark reminder of the disasters that can befall the Earth and a great place to see what happens when a meteorite slams into the planet. Basics One ...
Pros: Unique piece of natural history... Nice visitor center. Cons: Expensive. Kids may become bored quickly.
It was 50,000 years ago... Within ten seconds, a tiny pinpoint of light in the ancient Arizona sky quickly turns into a brilliant ball of fire, then "KABLAM!!"... a herculean terrestrial explosion... incomparable to anything in recent history. In a ...
Pros: Nice facilities, amazing to see Cons: Once you've seen it- you've seen it.
I visited this site with a field school when we went through Arizona on a road trip in summer of 1997. We drove from the south on straight, flat land for hours and hours. Next thing we knew, we were at the Barringer Meteorite Crater. You can barely...
Pros: A relatively unique geological feature Cons: You can't go in the crater
Barringer Meteorite Crater (also known simply as "Meteor Crater") is a gigantic crater in the Arizona desert. It is really in the middle of nowhere - there's not a town (or even a major highway) for miles around. Yet it is certainly a...
Pros: makes you think, its worth the few dollars Cons: it would have been neat to actually go down there and look up.
A few years ago, me and my family took a trip down to Arizona and the southwestern part of the United States. We saw a lot of things and went a lot of places. The one place that I will never forget is the Meteor Crater. Anyone can tell from a...
Pros: A real live meteor crater, one of the biggest in the world Cons: In the middle of nowhere
If you get the chance to stop at Barringer Meteorite Crater, don't miss the rim hike. When my husband and I visited several years ago, we had the opportunity to hike around the entire crater. It was a real experience, something I'll never forget. Why?...
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