Photos: Wupatki, Sunset Crater and Walnut Canyon national monuments
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Under-the-radar and usually not crowded: The three national monuments easily accessible from Flagstaff – Wupatki, Sunset Crater and Walnut Canyon. Go to tucson.com/parks for more on Arizona's National Parks and Monuments.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
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Sunset Crater is seen just west of Flagstaff, Ariz., in this May, 1999 file photo. Explorer John Wesley Powell is often credited with discovering Sunset Crater, but at least one researcher now believes the crater was first charted by Lt. George Wheeler on expedition for the United States government in 1871.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
- National Park Service
Sunset Crater is seen just west of Flagstaff, Ariz., in this May, 1999 file photo. Explorer John Wesley Powell is often credited with discovering Sunset Crater, but at least one researcher now believes the crater was first charted by Lt. George Wheeler on expedition for the United States government in 1871.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
- National Park Service
NASA space suit engineers Brian Daniel and Dustin Gohmert travel in a rover similar in size to the Apollo moon mission rovers as they drive along a volcanic lakebed near Sunset Crater on Sept. 12, 200.
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