Can't believe you skipped out on peace cave, it goes back close to a hundred feet or so, not including what they call the quarter mile crawl. I haven't personally been through that bit but I have seen it. I hear that the crawl hole in Dames cave outlined in yellow in your video goes back a substantial bit, but it's always Got standing water in it when I go there. The second cave you approached, I don't believe is really a cave and doesn't have a name as far as I know, however the third one is sick bat cave. It's kind of a tight squeeze at first but opens up substantially. With ups downs and interconnecting passages, it's probably one of my favorite so far. There's another one further down the trail opposite the parking area. I've heard it referred to as Danger Cave and Girl Scout cave. It's okay but it just gets narrower and narrower like a funnel until your belly crawling and I don't believe it opens back up. Glad you got to enjoy the area though.
He is correct, no surface water nearby. However further north in the Citrus Wildlife Management Area, approximately 50 to 75 ft before you get to Jeep cave there is Weeks cave, at the base of a tree that descends approximately 33 ft before continuing on underwater. I've been wanting to get some samples of that water to see if it would be feasible to boil and/or filter it. Not really practical for a Day hike though.
Holy teenage hangout spot batman!
Haha 😂 🦇
I hate all the idiots that ruin the beauty of the caves with their grafitti!
Agreed! It definitely takes away from the aesthetics of the natural landscape
Can't believe you skipped out on peace cave, it goes back close to a hundred feet or so, not including what they call the quarter mile crawl. I haven't personally been through that bit but I have seen it.
I hear that the crawl hole in Dames cave outlined in yellow in your video goes back a substantial bit, but it's always Got standing water in it when I go there.
The second cave you approached, I don't believe is really a cave and doesn't have a name as far as I know, however the third one is sick bat cave. It's kind of a tight squeeze at first but opens up substantially. With ups downs and interconnecting passages, it's probably one of my favorite so far.
There's another one further down the trail opposite the parking area. I've heard it referred to as Danger Cave and Girl Scout cave. It's okay but it just gets narrower and narrower like a funnel until your belly crawling and I don't believe it opens back up. Glad you got to enjoy the area though.
Thanks for the info! I definitely plan to go back again and do some more exploring into the caves. Such a cool place !
It's been 6 or 7 years since i've been to dames cave, that UFO graffiti is new though.
Any springs or creeks nearby you can get water at?
Not that I’m aware of. I did not see any water sources along the way
He is correct, no surface water nearby. However further north in the Citrus Wildlife Management Area, approximately 50 to 75 ft before you get to Jeep cave there is Weeks cave, at the base of a tree that descends approximately 33 ft before continuing on underwater. I've been wanting to get some samples of that water to see if it would be feasible to boil and/or filter it. Not really practical for a Day hike though.