Climbing Cinder Cone is a steep, slow slog but worth every step. Waiting at the top of the 6,907-foot volcano are a sense of accomplishment and amazing views. A trail circles the rim, providing ...

The nearly symmetrical cone of Sunset Crater rises above the surrounding forested floor some 1,000 feet (300 meters). The main crater at the summit of the cone measures nearly 400 feet (120 m ...

Why go: Some 900 years ago, a volcanic eruption spewed lava and ash that spread for miles and formed the red cinder cone known as Sunset Crater. It's perhaps the most recognizable of the 600 or so ...

When viewed from the dusty dirt roads that pass by its base, the 8,460-foot-high cinder-cone volcano blends in with dozens of other mundane hills that dot the Coconino National Forest 20 miles ...

The two cinder cones with public access are Gabbert and Gresham Buttes, though, truthfully the only one you can really explore is Gabbert Butte (more on that below).

The fissure 8 splatter cone is photographed on June 24. (Source: USGS) PUNA, BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - Fissure no. 8 has taken on a look of its own, in fact some might even say it looks like ...

The Hawaiian name refers to the altar of the volcano deity ‘Aila‘au. A view of the cinder-and-spatter cone that was building around fissure 8 in 2018 is seen above. 3/4.