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Visit Hopkin's Chocolate Cave

Tulelake, California

Details

Distance

0.3 miles

Route Type

Out-and-Back

Description

Added by Michael Fricke

Awesome caving experience very close to the Lava Beds National Monument visitor center

Go to the Lava Beds National Monument Visitor Center.  Pick up a caving permit.  This cave is located on cave loop road which is a loop road with multiple caves past the visitor center.  You will need a flashlight, good shoes or boots, and water.  In this cave you will experience many interesting cave features including bacteria that makes the walls and ceilings look different colors, there is a section with cracks in the ceiling, and very cool looking passages.  If you have never been caving and seen the geology of the underworld it is a great experience. 

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