Directions
Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki National Monuments are connected by loop road FR-545. Visitors can enter the loop road near mile markers 430 (Sunset Crater Volcano) and 444 (Wupatki) on U.S. Highway 89.
Phone
(928) 526-0502
Campground Reservations
Hiking Trails
Related Link(s)
More Arizona Recreation Areas | Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Official Website | Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Map
The cinder cone volcano’s rim is the dusky red of sunset, but the crater is only part of the story. Around 1085 the ground began to shake, and lava spewed high into the air. When the eruption finished, it had changed both the landscape and the people who lived here. Today, it teaches how nature and humankind affect each other”and how rebirth and renewal happen in the wake of disaster.
