Best Meteor Crater Vacation Packages

The meteorite impact crater in the Arizona desert is privately owned by the Barringer Crater Co. and is officially named the Barringer Meteorite Crater and formerly called the Canyon Diablo Crater. Named for mining engineer Daniel Moreau Barringer, the crater is said to have impacted the earth 50,000 years ago at a speed of 26,000 miles per hour. Meteor Crater is one mile wide, 550-plus feet deep and 2.4 miles in circumference. The tourist attraction offers an IMAX presentation called "IMPACT The Mystery of Meteor Crater."