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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Lava tubes
A fun place to take the family and explore. You can hike the lava tubes but pack a lunch and drinks because can literally spend the entire day out there. We parked our truck and trailer near I15 and drove about 25 minutes to the Lava Tubes. The area is pretty well signed with directions so getting lost shouldn’t be easy.
The lava tubes extend for hundreds of yards and you can explore in every direction. A flashlight is not needed if exploring during the day but you may want one just in case. It was a nice day while we were there so rain and wind weren’t much of a factor.
Tons places to play and explore on the way to Tabernacle Hill. Make sure to take your time and check it all out.
History:
The Black Rock Desert lies within the Basin and Range physiographic province, which has been shaped over the past 17 million years by stretching and uplift of the Earth’s crust. Extension resulted in development of faults in the thinning crust, creating a recurrent pattern of linear north-south trending mountain ranges and valleys. Some of the faults have been conduits for magma (and water) to reach the surface; many of the volcanic cones, vents, and hot springs in the Black Rock Desert align with the faults. Currently, the Black Rock Desert may be the largest geothermal prospect in Utah.
The Black Rock Desert is the youngest volcanic field in Utah and contains both Utah’s youngest known rhyolite dome, White Mountain, and its most recent eruptive event, the basalt flows at Ice Springs. Two major eruptions-at Pahvant Butte and Tabernacle Hill-occurred when Ice Age Lake Bonneville covered the area, forming volcanic islands in the lake.
Directions:
To get to the Meadow Lava Tubes, get off I-15 south of Fillmore at the Meadow exit and turn south onto Main Street. Follow Main to Center and turn west (right) at the sign for White Mountain. The sign says six miles on a well-graded road that passes under the freeway. Take the left turn onto a little bumpier road. Follow this road 1.7 miles to a sign that says “Lava Tubes 2.” Turn left and go exactly 2 miles down the bumpiest of roads and park on the left. The depression should be right in front of your vehicle.
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I appreciate the message to explore respectfully. Not enough people do that, and every time I go down to this location it looks a little worse, from people leaving trash and disturbing rocks and other things. It's bad enough that the cinder cone is being mined out, but it's frustrating to see beautiful and unique places like this slowly destroyed from visitors who don't respect the area and the people coming after them. I'd love to explore it in an ATV some time, I just drive a Prius down there so I can't really go farther than Tabernacle or Ice Springs. Can't wait to check out Pahvant and Deseret one day. Glad you guys got to do this! I bet the kids will remember it forever.
Thank you. We try to always spread the message to leave things better than you find them. Fortunately on this trips adventures we didn’t find any trash and it appeared as everyone out playing was being respectful. Safe travels.
Great video and informative. I’ll have to take my family there when I visit Utah next year
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Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! 👍