Explorer’s Guide to Impact Craters
Barringer Crater Tour
- Getting to Barringer Crater
- Virtual Tour of Barringer Crater
- Barringer Tour: Visitor Center
- Barringer – Stop 1
- Barringer – Stop 2
- Barringer – Stop 3
- Barringer – Stop 4
- Barringer – Stop 5
- Barringer – Stop 6
- Barringer – Stop 7
- Barringer – Stop 8
- Barringer – Stop 9
- Barringer – Stop 10
- Barringer – Stop 11
- Barringer – Stop 12
- Barringer – Stop 13
- Barringer – Stop 14
- Barringer – Stop 15
- Barringer – Stop 16
- Barringer – Stop 17
Getting to the Barringer Meteor Crater
Barringer Crater, also called Meteor Crater, is located in the United States of America (35º 2′ N, 111º 1′ W) in northern Arizona, about 35 miles (55 km) east of the city of Flagstaff. The crater is easily reachable, off Interstate Highway 40 at exit 233.
Image: Livio Tournabene, University of Western Ontario
View of the Barringer impact crater from a distance (yellow dot on the image above)
Photo: G. Osinski, University of Western Ontario Location: Off the side of the road approximately 2 kilometers from the visitor center
Scale: Crater diameter is approximately 1.2 kilometers