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Visiting the Meteor Crater Near Flagstaff, Arizona If you drive east of Flagstaff on the I-40 for about 35 miles, you will find exit sign for the meteor crater. Off in the distance you will notice a raised hill in the horizon and it looks like what could be the meteor crater. At this point it is hard to tell but the closer you get to, the more obvious it becomes that it is definately the site of the crater. The entry fee as of July 2008 was $15.00 per adult and it allows you to see the crater and visit the crater museum and gift shop. Information on a sign said that 50,000 years ago, a meteor that was only 45.7 meters or 150 feet in size formed this crater in Arizona that is 1.6 km or 1 mile across. While looking at the crater, it does not feel like you are even on this planet, but instead, on a distant lunar landscape. Along the crater rim, there are walking paths, so you are able to look down into the crater. It is not allowed to enter the crater itself, though. The landscape around the crater was unbelievably vast, flat and uninhabited. This is probably how it also looked tens of thousands of years ago as the meteor hit the area. ........................................................................  More Pictures:  Antelope Canyons Near Page, Arizona  Bad Segeberg, Germany  Berlin, Germany  Christmas in North Germany  Death Valley National Park in California  Florida  Grand Canyon  Hamburg, Germany  Heligoland (Helgoland), Germany  Holsten Gate in Lübeck, Germany  Horseshoe Bend, Arizona  Kiel Week Sailing Festival in Germany  Las Vegas Hotels and Attractions  London, England  Lübeck, Germany  Mallorca  Mammoth Caves, Kentucky  Meteor Crater near Flagstaff, Arizona  Nashville, Tennessee  New York City  Niagara Falls in New York  Pacific Coast Highway in California  Palma de Mallorca  Rock City in Chattanooga, Tennessee  Route 66 in Arizona  Ruby Falls in Chattanooga, Tennessee  Sand World 2007 in Travemünde, Germany  San Francisco, California  Schleswig-Holstein, Germany  Schwerin, Germany  Sequoia National Forest  Yosemite National Park ........................................................................  More information and history of the meteor crater: Meteor Crater ............................................................................................................. All pictures and text found on Canyonsandmore.com are property of this website. It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication.

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