Black Volcano is a inactive volcano located near Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

, and is part of the Albuquerque volcanic field

Albuquerque volcanic field

Albuquerque volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field located in New Mexico, USA. The Albuquerque volcanic field is made of monogenetic volcanoes that produced lava flows, cinder cones, and cinder and spatter cones. It is located about 11 km west-northwest of the city of Albuquerque, and...

. Black Volcano is located directly north of JA volcano

JA volcano

JA Volcano is an inactive volcano located near Albuquerque, New Mexico. JA Volcano is the southern most of 5 volcanoes in a 5-mile chain within the western boundary of Petroglyph National Monument. Directly north of JA is Black, followed by Vulcan, Bond and Butte volcanoes.The date of its last...

. Black Volcano is the second of five volcanoes (traveling south to north) within the western boundary of Petroglyph National Monument

Petroglyph National Monument

Petroglyph National Monument stretches along Albuquerque, New Mexico's West Mesa, a volcanic basalt escarpment that dominates the city’s western horizon. Authorized June 27, 1990, the 7,236 acre monument is cooperatively managed by the National Park Service and the City of Albuquerque...

. North of Black Volcano are Vulcan, Bond and Butte volcanoes. The date of its last eruption is unknown, but is believed to have been more than 150,000 years ago.