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Capulin Volcano Picnic Area
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New Mexico
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Capulin Volcano Picnic Area
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Enjoy a picnic at Capulin Volcano! With 10 shaded picnic tables to choose from with a lovely view of the volcano, this is a perfect spot to stop for lunch. <br /> <br /> Accessible seasonal restrooms and drinking water are located in the center of the picnic area for your convenience.<br /> <br /> If you would like to hike across some of the hardened lava flows that erupted from Capulin Volcano, two unpaved trails leave from the picnic area. The Lava Flow Trail is a one mile loop that crosses two of the four lava flows that Capulin Volcano produced. The Boca Trail is a two mile loop that goes past two collapsed lava tubes and other lava features.
Historic Chimney at Capulin Volcano
~0 min drive
Visit a historic chimney along the Boca Trail! The remains of an old picnic area and campground, the chimney is made of basalt lava rock from the surrounding area. Nearby, past a gambel oak thicket, is another collapsed lava tube. This lava tube formed when the molten lava flo…
Crater Vent at Capulin Volcano
~1 min drive
Walk down into the crater of an extinct cinder cone volcano! Capulin Volcano built from this vent which was plugged after the eruption with solidified lava. <br /> <br /> Rising 415 feet (126 meters) above the vent at it's highest point, the rim of the crater has a bowl shape…
Collapsed Lava Tube at Capulin Volcano
~1 min drive
Hike to a collapsed lava tube along the Boca Trail! Formed of Capulin Basalt, this collapsed lava tube shows one of the ways that lava erupted from Capulin Volcano.<br /> <br /> Lava tubes are formed when the top of a lava flow hardens and the outer shell becomes solid. When m…
Top of Capulin Volcano
~1 min drive
Hike to the top of an extinct cinder cone volcano! By hiking along the Crater Rim Trail, you can get to the highest elevation at Capulin Volcano National Monument at 8182 feet (or 2494 meters).<br /> <br /> From this point, the northern part of the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field…
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