Winslow, Arizona - Meteor Crater - Barringer Crater

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Address:
Meteor Crater Road, Winslow, AZ [Show Map]
Directions:
35 miles east of Flagstaff and a few miles south of exit 233 off of I-40.
Admission:
Adults $15, Kids 6-16 $6, Under 6 free.
Hours:
Mem. - Labor Day 7 am to 7 pm /Other times 8 am - 5 pm. Tours 9:15 am - 2:15 pm (Call to verify)
Phone:
928-289-2362
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Meteor Crater. Winslow, Arizona - Meteor Crater - Barringer Crater
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Winslow, Arizona - Meteor Crater

Wonderful experience! The theater showing the impact of meteors not only on earth but on other planets was great! And looking at the size of the impact is breathtaking. Very educational for the entire family. We will be going back. [Avery Family, 07/18/2008]

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I have been to the crater near Winslow several times and always enjoy it. My first trip was in 1973. At that time you could still take the trail all the way to the bottom and write your name with the bricks. Then you would go back to the top and see it with the telescope. A little tricky making you way down the unstable trail.

I last visited in 2000. The guide then told me they have never allowed people to go to the bottom. Too young I suppose. I showed her this picture! [David Maxwell, 06/15/2008]

[RA: Wonder if there was an even earlier era when they let visitors roll old metal wheels over the crater walls...]

Winslow, Arizona - Meteor Crater

I found Meteor Crater's admission reasonable considering it included a guided tour of the crater rim that lasted around an hour, a film shown in the theater explaining the crater, and access to a very nice museum on site. No tours of the crater floor are permitted in order to preserve the site for future generations. This is a one-of-a-kind site. If you want to see and experience the best preserved crater on our planet, it is a must see in my book. [Don, 05/27/2006]

Winslow, Arizona - Meteor Crater

Sorry about the fellow's attitude from 10/2000 Tip - one of those who probably always expects something for nothing. My daughter and I were very impressed with the site and didn't feel the $10/person fee was out of line. I am 60 and have seen pictures of the crater all of my life never thinking that I would actually ever see it. I was excited to go see it and was not disappointed. Some see it as just a hole in the ground, but it's one heck of a hole that now tells us a whole lot about the fragility of our our planet and our own existence. [Engler, 03/24/2006]

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