Cinder cones are the smallest and simplest type of volcano. But that doesn't mean they can't pack a punch. Best described as ...

Why go: Some 900 years ago, a volcanic eruption spewed lava and ash that spread for miles and formed the red cinder cone known as Sunset Crater. It's perhaps the most recognizable of the 600 or ...

Because there seemed to be no logic behind where the cinder cones ... parts of Mahukona,” Garcia said. Scientists and observant cartographers since the mid-1800s recognized that volcanoes ...

We now know that Beacon Rock was a cinder cone volcano that grew here inside of the gorge 57,000 years ago during the Ice Age. And yet, when you climb to the top of Beacon Rock, there are no ...

There are six different types of volcanoes. Cinder cone, shield, composite, caldera, lava dome and submarine. No, not that kind of submarine. Volcanoes are found all around the world, but hundreds ...

Wizard Island is a cinder cone volcano in Crater Lake. A black bear explored the island. National Park Service Visitors got lucky when they watched a black bear take a swim in Oregon’s Crater ...