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Sunset Crater is a cinder cone located north of Flagstaff in the U.S. state of Arizona. The crater is within the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument . Sunset Crater is the youngest in a string of volcanoes (the San Francisco volcanic field ) that is related to the nearby San Francisco Peaks .
SP Crater is a cinder cone with a basalt lava flow that extends for 4 miles (6 km). Popular tourist and hiking destinations in the volcanic field include the Kendrick Mountain Wilderness, 20 miles northwest of Flagstaff; and Sunset Crater. Sunset crater has a hiking trail along an ʻaʻā lava flow to its base. [4]
S P Crater is a cinder cone volcano 25 miles (40 km) north of Flagstaff, Arizona. [4] Saddle Crater; South Sheba Crater; Stewart Crater; Strawberry Crater; Sunset Crater is a cinder cone volcano in the San Francisco volcanic field, and a part of the Sunset Crater National Monument. [5] The Sproul
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument closed in April 2022 when a fire swept through. But fire has always been part of the park's story. Here's why.
O'Leary Peak is an extinct Pleistocene lava dome volcano within the San Francisco volcanic field, north of Flagstaff, Arizona, [3] and to the northwest of Sunset Crater National Monument. A fire lookout tower was built on a subsidiary eastern peak. It has an elevation of 8,919 feet (2,719 m). [1]
The city's Mount Elden is a lava dome made of dacite, Sunset Crater is the youngest feature of the San Francisco volcanic field and formed in the last 1,000 years by an explosive eruption, while S P Crater was formed between 75,000 and 70,000 years ago by piles of lapilli and volcanic bombs spouting from a lava lake. [55]
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Penstemon clutei is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name Sunset Crater beardtongue. It is endemic to Arizona, where it is known only from a system of volcanic cinder cones, including Sunset Crater, in Coconino County. [2] [3] This perennial herb grows up to 80 centimeters tall. [3]