Gore's Cave
Boise City-Nampa, ID, Idaho
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43°11'6.1"N 116°14'21.8"W Maps | Directions |
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Cave
Lava Tube - Cave. These are formed when fluid, molten lava flows out of the ground, it behaves like a stream of water working its way downhill. But soon the "stream" surface cools and hardens. This crust then insulated the molten lava inside, enabling it to keep flowing. The molten lava inside the crust eventually flows out leaving the crust as the walls of a lava tube or "cave."
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Directions
From Boise City-Nampa, ID, Idaho
- Head south on Boise St toward W Camelot Dr (138 ft)
- Turn left onto W Camelot Dr (0.1 mi)
- Turn right onto N Midland Blvd (3.4 mi)
- Turn left onto Dooley Ln (1.0 mi)
- Turn right onto ID-45 S/12th Ave RdContinue to follow ID-45 S(5.5 mi)
- Turn left onto Bowmont Rd (4.0 mi)
- Turn right onto S Robinson Rd (2.6 mi)
- Turn left onto Kuna Cave Rd (4.0 mi)
- Turn right onto S Swan Falls Rd (13.8 mi)
- Turn left onto Moore Rd (2.3 mi)
- Turn right (2.1 mi)
- Slight left (2.8 mi)
- Turn right (0.3 mi)
- Turn left (0.3 mi)
- Continue straightDestination will be on the left(1.5 mi)
Head south from the Boise airport area on Pleasant valley rd into the desert. At about 18 miles south from Gowen rd you will have to go around Christmas Mountain which is a control tower for the military training range. When you are on the south side of this again head south another 6.1 miles and turn west. Follow this road about 2.25 miles to the coordinates.
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