Approximately 60,000 years ago, the rain of cooling cinders and four lava flows formed Capulin Volcano, a nearly perfectly-shaped cinder cone, rising more than 1000 feet above the surrounding landscape. Mammoths, giant bison, and short-faced bears were witness to the first trembling of the earth and firework-like explosions of molten rock thousands of feet into the air.
Today the pine forested volcano provide habitat for mule deer, wild turkey, and black bears.
