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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monumentthe Cinder Hills
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Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument
Pets
dog sitting in car

photo by Carol Kruse

Don't leave your dog in a hot car.

Pets must be kept on a leash at all times.
They are NOT ALLOWED in buildings or on park trails.

Please clean up after your pet.

NOTE: Summer heat is intense; pets left in vehicles - even for a short time - can suffer heat stroke and die.

Paricutin volcano erupting  

Did You Know?
When Paricutin erupted in Michoacan, Mexico in 1943, scientists flocked to the site. Observations and studies there have helped to explain the eruption of Sunset Crater Volcano in Arizona 900 years earlier.

Last Updated: April 20, 2009 at 17:55 EST