Capulin Volcano National Monument (redirected from Capulin Volcano)

Capulin Volcano National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

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Capulin Volcano National Monument

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Address: PO Box 40
Capulin, NM 88414
Phone: 505-278-2201;
Fax: 505-278-2211;
Web: www.nps.gov/cavo/
Size: 793 acres.
Established: Proclaimed on August 9, 1916, as Capulin Mountain National Monument; name changed on December 31, 1987.
Location: In the northeastern corner of New Mexico. Park entrance is via NM 325, 3 miles north of the town of Capulin. Capulin is 58 miles west of Clayton on US 64 and 87, and 30 miles east of Raton and I-25.
Facilities: Picnic area, rest rooms (é), visitor center (é), museum/exhibit, self-guided tour/trail. Entrance fee required.
Activities: Hiking, auto touring, ranger-led programs.
Special Features: Approximately 60,000 years ago, the rain of cooling cinders formed Capulin Volcano, a nearly perfectly-symmetrical cinder cone, rising more than 1000 feet above the surrounding landscape. A two-mile paved road to the top of the volcano and paved trails into the crater and around its rim provide visitors an unusual opportunity to see the inside of a volcano.

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See other parks in New Mexico.