7 Reviews
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Dog-Friendly: No Kid-Friendly: No
Personal Experience: I have been hearing about these caves since I was a teenager. Fast forward 16 years and I FINALLY got to explore them! I completely wussed out on the Popcorn cave and am really surprised that there is tagging on it and people brave enough to risk their lives to get inside. The cave is nothing too interesting inside going by what my friends have told me. I would not risk your life to see it. If you do though, bring rope. That's my advice. The hike is not as strenuous as it appears. This is a fun adventure. We also found some old ruins of the past down below from an old ranch.
You have to climb!
The first cave we found was the Gnome Cave with little gnomes inside, hence the name:
The views are remarkable!
I can see why it's called the Popcorn Cave, it definitely looks like popped corn:
This is the entrance to the cave. In no way is this worth risking one's life to enter, especially considering the cave is not that impressive at all!
We also found evidence of an old homestead out here!
Awesome
🙂 awesome
February 11, 2016
Ian
Nice Find
February 13, 2016
Matt
Do you know why they are called the popcorn and gnome cave? Me and my friends have always just called it “the cave”
February 21, 2016
james
how do you get there would like to see them
March 18, 2016
Anonymous
@Anonymous, going by the comments you keep leaving, you sound like a miserable person. Keep giving this site your traffic though! ?✌️
December 5, 2018
Anonymous
HA! Again – I know exactly where this is. I trail run this whole area. You have a lot yet to discover that the majority of us know exact coordinates to oh young one.
December 5, 2018
M
Been living in this area for 10 years. I can even see my house from one of the pics. I would love to explore this spot (through the pics I figured where exactly this is – kept secret now). Love this website!
July 14, 2022