Meteor Crater (Barringer Crater)
The best-preserved impact crater on Earth
A near-perfect bowl almost a mile across and 550 feet deep, punched out of the northern Arizona desert roughly 50,000 years ago by an iron meteorite — the best-preserved impact crater on the planet, and an Apollo astronaut training ground. It sits just off Route 66 and I-40 east of Flagstaff.
The shot
The full bowl from the rim overlook.
Nearby & worth pairing
- Winslow
- Route 66
- Walnut Canyon
- Petrified Forest nearby
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