Near Capulin in Union County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Building a Cinder Cone

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 15, 2015

1. Building a Cinder Cone Marker

Inscription. Cinder cones experience a single eruptive period, and then die. Several explosive eruptions created Capulin Volcano, during a period as short as one year or as long as nine or more years. Today Capulin Volcano is extinct.

Volcanic ash, cinders, and rocks, blown thousand of feet into the air, blanketed the landscape as they cooled and fell. Layers of dust-like ash, small rocks called cinders, and larger chunks called volcanic bombs piled up around the vent to build the cone.

Erected by National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Natural Features • Natural Resources.

Location. 36° 46.951′ N, 103° 58.328′ W. Marker is near Capulin, New Mexico, in Union County. It is on Volcano Road 2.6 miles south of State Road 325, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 46 Volcano Road, Capulin NM 88414, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern New Mexico.

It is also in the American Southwest,

in the Mountain

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West,

on the Great Plains,

on the Southern Plains,

on the High Plains,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Comanchería,

the Dust Bowl,

and the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grasslands Meet Mountains (a few steps from this marker); The Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field (a few steps from this marker); Making A Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Welcome to Capulin Volcano National Monument (approx. half a mile away); Capulin Volcano National Monument (approx. 2.6 miles away); a different marker also named Capulin Volcano National Monument (approx. 3.1 miles away); Sarah "Sally" J. Rooke / New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative (approx. 5.3 miles away); Sierra Grande (approx. 6.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Capulin.

Photos from Cone marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 15, 2015

2. Photos from Cone marker.

Capulin Volcano cone. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 15, 2015

3. Capulin Volcano cone.

Capulin Volcano image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 15, 2015

4. Capulin Volcano

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 1, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 705 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 1, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.