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Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a U.S. national monument and national preserve in the Snake River Plain in central Idaho. It is along US 20 ( concurrent with US 93 and US 26 ), between the small towns of Arco and Carey , at an average elevation of 5,900 feet (1,800 m) above sea level .
An area within the preserve was named a national monument on May 2, 1924 and expanded by President Bill Clinton in 2000. [7] [8] [9] It currently covers parts of Blaine, Butte, Lincoln, Minidoka, and Power counties. The park was officially named Craters of the Moon National Preserve in August 2002.
The national monument is now considered a walk-in park, open to the public year-round from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the exception of Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. ... Craters of the Moon is a ...
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Craters of the Moon may refer to: Lunar craters, craters on the Earth's Moon; Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, a volcanic preserve in Idaho; Craters of the Moon (geothermal site), in New Zealand
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It rises approximately 2500 vertical feet (762 m) above the lava plain in southern Butte County, east of Craters of the Moon National Monument. Big Southern Butte consists of two coalesced lava domes with a base diameter of 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) and a combined volume of approximately 8 cubic kilometres (1.9 cu mi). [6]
Blizzard Mountain is part of the Pioneer Mountains which are a subset of the Rocky Mountains. [4] The mountain is situated immediately northwest of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, 24 miles southwest of the town of Arco, and can be seen from Highway 20.