Visiting Craters Of The Moon National Monument and Preserve is like taking a step onto another planet! For good reason too, ...

Topping out at 6,181 feet above sea level, it is one of the most prominent and accessible features in the 750,000-acre Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. The hike to the top is ...

ARCO — Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve has unveiled new interpretive trail signs highlighting the Shoshone-Bannock tribes’ connection to the southern Idaho landmark.

Originally published May 2 on IdahoCapitalSun.com. In 2016, the U.S. Geological Service conducted a study showing that pikas, small herbivores that typically live in high altitudes in rocky ...

ARCO — A photograph taken by a Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve centennial artist-in-residence has been selected for inclusion in a special U.S. Department of the Interior ...

The following is a news release from the National Park Service. ARCO – The National Park Service has reopened a portion of the Loop Road and the Lava Flow Campground at Craters of the Moon ...

ARCO — This year marks 100 years since Craters of the Moon was first designated a national monument and preserve by the federal government. But long before that designation, the Shoshone-Bannock ...

My plan for the day was to go hiking at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. I called the ranger on duty at Craters and asked about conditions, and was assured that the trail I was ...

ARCO, Idaho — The National Park Service (NPS) invites members of the public to participate in three special “walks on the Moon” that will be held in May and June at Craters of the Moon ...

Today, Craters of the Moon National Monument is filled with lava flows, cinder and spatter cones and caves. When declaring the area a national monument, President Coolidge dubbed it a "weird and ...

Visitors can marvel at the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve’s three major lava fields, 250,000 acres of rugged grasslands and more than 600 square miles of basaltic lava fields.