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Hiking The Big Obsidian Flow

One of the most unique trails you’re going to find, the Big Obsidian Flow Trail in Newberry National Volcanic Monument takes you through an incredible volcanic landscape.  Sculpted by molten lava flowing across the surface only 1,300 years ago, this is one of the newest landscapes you can find just about anywhere! Because the rock here is so new, and the lava flowed here so recently, the landscape is still incredibly barren and alien.  The rock is all black, almost...