Barringer Meteor Crater - U.S. National Natural Landmarks on Waymarking.com

Paved road to visitors center, paved trails to the site itself. This is a privately owned attraction. There is an entry fee to visit - Meteor Crater Enterprises Inc.

Barringer Meteorite Crater rises 150 feet above the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona. It is nearly a mile wide and 570 feet deep. The nickel-iron meteorite is estimated to have been only 150 feet across and 300,000 tons. The meteorite traveled at 40,000 miles per hour when it struck the earth approximately 49,000 years ago. The force of the impact was the equivalent of 20 million tons of TNT, more than 1000 times the force of the blast at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Approximately 175 million tons of rock was excavated by the impact. Bedrock was ejected up to 1.2 miles away. The explosion produced a shock wave and airblast which spread across the landscape. Winds exceeding 1200 miles per hour scoured the terrain. Parts of this meteorite may still be found scattered throughout nearby Canyon Diablo.

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Be prepared for very strong winds.

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