Lava Beds National Monument

Just below the surface of this monument in the boiling summer lies an underground network of lava tubes coursing for miles. The odd underground world of melted rock, bats, cave crickets and petroglyphs is explorable by almost anyone. You can go through caves that are 80' high or crawl through tubes that are 2' not-so-tall. The underground air is 55 degrees or cooler as in Skull Cave were 1' of ice covers the lower cave floor hundreds of feet below the forbidding surface. Lava Beds National Monument is probably one of the most remote locations from the major cities in California so only the hearty will make the worth while trip. Note that for brevity, National Monument has been abbreviated to NM in some places, not to intend New Mexico.

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