ParkColorado Plateau
Wupatki & Sunset Crater National Monuments
A 900-year-old pueblo of over 100 rooms and a cinder cone that erupted around 1085 CE, linked by one scenic loop road.
- Managed by
- National Park Service
- From Phoenix
- 3 hr north
- Entry
- Single fee covers both
Before you go
Fees, access, and what people get wrong here.
- One fee covers both monuments, connected by a 35-mile scenic loop road off Highway 89.
- Climbing the Sunset Crater cinder cone itself has been prohibited since 1973 to stop erosion.
- Wupatki sits lower and much hotter than Flagstaff. There is almost no shade at the pueblo.
Trails here
Routes in this guide that start inside the park.