3.3 miles away
Grand Falls
A seasonal waterfall on the Little Colorado River near Flagstaff, formed where lava from Merriam Crater dammed the river.
Roden Crater
An extinct volcanic cinder cone with an interior crater, standing about 50 miles north-east of Flagstaff in northern Arizona.
- Rank in Arizona
- #43of 727 ranked
- Overall score
- Score 57.2 out of 100medium confidence
- Most looked up
- Marchby Wikipedia readers
- Category
- Natural Landmark
Roden Crater is a cinder cone of an extinct volcano, retaining an interior volcanic crater. It is located approximately 50 miles north-east of the city of Flagstaff, in northern Arizona.
Where it is
Roden Crater is a natural landmark near Flagstaff, in Coconino County. It is one of the natural landmarks in this database, and appears in the statewide ranking of Arizona attractions.
How this ranking was reached
No official visitor count is published for Roden Crater, so its score rests on public interest and tourism significance, and is capped below the level a measured attraction can reach. That is why the medium confidence above is not higher. The weighting is explained in full on the methodology page, and every axis is broken out under Facts and sources at the foot of this page.
Note on the data: No official visitor count is published for this attraction.
Sources
- Public interest: Wikimedia pageviews (en.wikipedia, human traffic), 2024
- Coordinates and designations: Wikidata(opens in a new tab)
- County: U.S. Census geography via FCC Area API, resolved from coordinates
- Official site: http://rodencrater.com/(opens in a new tab)
Record last verified 2026-08-12.
Nearby attractions
12 miles away
Wupatki National Monument
Red sandstone pueblos built by ancestral Puebloan farmers near Flagstaff, including a hundred-room great house.
14 miles away
Sunset Crater
The youngest volcano in the San Francisco volcanic field, erupted around 1085 CE north of Flagstaff.17 miles away
Winona Site
A Coconino County site where 1940s excavations found Hohokam pit houses, though later researchers link finds to the Sinagua instead.
18 miles away
Canyon Diablo
An 81-mile incised meander east of Flagstaff, spanned by an 1882 railway bridge, an old Route 66 crossing and Interstate 40.
18 miles away
Twin Arrows
A ghost town on U.S. Route 66 in Coconino County, between the city of Flagstaff and the town of Winslow.
Facts and sources
Place
- Category
- Natural Landmark
- Destination
- Flagstaff
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
Visitation
- Annual visits
- Not published
Ranking
- Overall score
- 57.2 / 100
- Visitation score
- No published count
- Popularity score
- 56.3
- Significance score
- 58.0
- Confidence
- medium
Visiting
- Official website
- rodencrater.com(opens in a new tab)
- Coordinates
- 35.4256, -111.2590
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12