Just off I-40 near Route 66 lies one of Earth’s most dramatic scars—Meteor Crater. Formed 50,000 years ago by a fiery impact, this colossal site has fascinated explorers, scientists ...

Along a scenic stretch of old Route 66 in Eastern Arizona, Petrified Forest ... Just a few miles south of old Route 66 near Winslow, Meteor Crater proves that sometimes the biggest roadside ...

Located 35 miles east of Flagstaff and 6 miles south of Interstate 40, Meteor Crater and its fragments were first recognized after the discovery of iron fragments west of the crater near Canyon ...

Located near Winslow, Meteor Crater measures 550 feet deep and almost ... journey to Flagstaff — the largest town on Arizona’s Route 66. Be sure to visit the Lowell Observatory — where ...

Mojave Desert landscape near Kingman ... Aerial view of Barringer crater. Town-centre crossroads feature Standing on The Corner(in Winslow Arizona) shop and a Glenn Frey statue on an eponymous ...

Today, tourists can also visit the site of a more recent cosmic impact, Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona, a nearly-mile-wide crater caused by the impact of a 165-foot-wide asteroid about 50,000 ...

The Arizona Department of Transportation ... spaces at I-10 Burnt Wells Rest Area near Tonopah, I-40 Meteor Crater Rest Area near Winslow and a new at I-10 and State Route 186 west of Willcox.

Located just minutes from Interstate 40 and the old Route 66 near the city of Winslow in northern Arizona, Meteor Crater is "the world's best-preserved meteorite impact site on Earth," says the ...

METEOR CRATER - This would not have been a good place to be standing 50,000 years ago. Not unless your goal was to be vaporized. The site, near Winslow in Northern Arizona, was smashed to ...

A few minutes later, we found ourselves at our second stop of the day, Meteor Crater. 50,000 years ago ... made ice cream before resuming our journey east. Soon, we were in Winslow, Arizona. A famous ...

A crater found in Canada is thought to have been caused by an ancient meteor (Picture ... pit that spans 15 km (9.3 miles). The crater near Marsal Lake has a diameter of around 15km (Picture ...

WINSLOW, Arizona (KNXV) — Located between Flagstaff and Winslow, you’ll come across the world’s best-preserved meteor crater. Known as the Barringer Crater, it’s the first proven meteor ...