Climbing Cinder Cone is a steep, slow slog but worth every step. Waiting at the top of the 6,907-foot volcano are a sense of accomplishment and amazing views. A trail circles the rim, providing ...

The main crater at the summit of the cone measures nearly 400 feet (120 m) across, while the base of the cinder cone measures about 1 mile (1.6 km). The volcano gets its name from the yellow ...

There are two main types of volcano - composite and shield ... round hill known as a cinder cone. A lava tube may also form, beneath the surface of the ground, when low viscosity lava develops ...

This monolith was named Beacon Rock by Lewis and Clark, who paddled down the Columbia River in the early 1800s, but they didn't know it was a volcano. We now know that Beacon Rock was a cinder ...