The richly diverse volcanic landscape of El Malpais (el-mal-pie-EES) offers solitude, recreation, and adventure. Explore incredible geologic features such as young lava flows, cinder cones, lava tubes, and sandstone bluffs. While some may see a desolate environment, people have been adapting to and living in this extraordinary terrain for generations. Come visit the land of frozen fire!
What you’ll hear
27 places to explore in this park.
- Bat Cave and Xenolith Cave
- Big Skylight Cave
- Big Tubes Area Trailhead
- Double Sinks
- El Calderon Area Trailhead
- El Calderon Lava Trench
- El Malpais National Monument Visitor Center
- Fire Ecology
- Four Windows Cave
- Ice Cave and Bandera Volcano
- Junction Cave
- Lava Falls Trailhead
- Lava Falls Trail Stop #1
- Lava Falls Trail Stop #2
- Lava Falls Trail Stop #3
- Lava Falls Trail Stop #4
- Lava Falls Trail Stop #5
- Lava Falls Trail Stop #6
- Lava Falls Trail Stop #7
- Lava Falls Trail Stop #8
- Lava Falls Trail Stop #9
- La Ventana Natural Arch
- Life on the Edge
- Sandstone Bluffs Overlook
- Summit of El Calderon
- WNPA Store
- Zuni-Acoma Trailhead
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