Volcanoes are exciting and seeing molten lava is a thrill. To see active volcanoes, head to a U.S. National Park that ...

To put the Methuselah Tree’s age in perspective, it was already over 3,000 years old when Julius Caesar ruled Rome.

Newberry’s extensive system of lava tubes, cinder cones, and volcanic features has profoundly shaped central Oregon’s landscape. The volcano has produced over 400 cinder cones and numerous lava flows ...

Capulin Volcano National Monument The Capulin Volcano National Monument is located in northeastern New Mexico and protects an extinct cinder cone volcano in the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field, near ...

From ocean, desert and ancient forest, to Paint Hills and snow-capped volcanoes, these are the Most Treasured Views in Oregon. Here’s how to see them.

Cinder Cone Volcanoes- volcanoes that are formed from pyroclastic materials that collect loosely over time. Complex Volcanoes- volcanoes whose vents change placement over time due to shifting material ...

Did you know there are at least 1,350 active volcanoes around the world, and roughly 20 active volcanic eruptions on any given day? While many of them occur deep under the ocean – most volcanoes are ...

The park features two islands: Wizard Island, a volcanic cinder cone covering 316 acres, and Phantom Ship, a unique rock formation.

Cinder Cone Volcanoes Cinder Cones are the simplest type of volcano, formed by the accumulation of tephra — ash, cinders, and larger fragments — erupted from a single vent.

Pilot Butte is known as a cinder cone that was formed from a now-extinct volcano that erupted nearly 188,000 years ago. The summit road, approximately 1 mile long, leads visitors to the top of ...

The nature park in deep Southeast Portland was built atop a cinder cone volcano that has been extinct for many thousands of years and sits above a pair of reservoirs that provides water to a good ...

Visitors can still drive the rim road, stop at scenic overlooks, and enjoy views of the caldera and Wizard Island, a cinder cone that rises from the lake's center.