The site was formerly known as the Canyon Diablo Crater and fragments of the meteorite are officially called the Canyon Diablo Meteorite. Scientists refer to the crater as Barringer Crater in honor of Daniel Barringer, who was first to suggest that it was produced by meteorite impact.
Meteor Crater is nearly one mile across, 2.4 miles in circumference and more than 550 feet deep. It is an international tourist venue with outdoor observation trails, air conditioned indoor viewing, wide screen movie theater, Interactive Discovery Center, unique gift and rock shop, and Astronaut Memorial Park at the Visitor Center located on the crater rim.
Meteor Crater’s “IMPACT, Mystery of Meteor Crater” movie, featuring exciting 3D modeling and animation allows viewers to experience the thunderous sound and explosive fury of the meteor’s super-heated trip through the Earth’s atmosphere. The spectacular result of the collision that rocked the American Southwest with the energy of more than 20 million tons of TNT can be explored first-hand just outside the Discovery Center.
The Meteor Crater Interactive Discovery Center contains many exciting interactive displays and exhibits, making it the most extensive and informative museum of its type on earth. Visitors will relive the intensity of the impact. 50,000 years ago a fiery giant meteor mass weighing several hundred thousand tons hurtled through space and impacted the earth. The wide range of exhibits will fascinate and educate every person on the aspects of meteors and their encounters with the earth.
These twenty-four exciting exhibits comprise the most extensive and informative museum of its type on planet earth. One of the exhibits is a Russian Mystery ~ What was the blinding fireball that streaked across the Siberian sky in 1908 with an impact that sent shock waves around the world and was heard more than 600 miles away?
While you are there, make a it a priority to visit the Gift Shop and Rock Shop and you must take the time to take a rim tour. This is the best way to experience the crater. The tour is done by our staff. Then, grab a bite to eat at Subway, located next to the gift shop.
There are three different lookout points to view the crater. Visitors should try to allow 1 1/2 hours to go trough the Discovery Center and lookouts and additional time for our guided rim trail tour, which will take an additional 45 minutes to an hour.
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