7 Of America’s Most Eerily Beautiful Lava Tubes

For many hikes, a end — either it be the top of a thespian clifffoot of a high waterfall

But afterwards there are lava tube hikes, where flitting by and exploring a puzzling and alluring caves is Getty Images / HuffPost HawaiiInside a Thurston Lava Tube on Hawaii’s Big Island.

Lava tubes are cavernous tunnels that formed prolonged agoeventually drained

From a lava fields of Hawaii to a lava stream beds of Arizona, America has a accumulation of these fascinating grottos, any one singular in a possess way. 

Some lava tubes, like a N?huku tube on Hawaii’s Big IslandLava Beds National Monument

Just be careful, some lava tube hikes need a flashlight, tough hat, climbing rigging or knee pads

Below are 7 lava tubes we can travel through, any one as scary as it is beautiful.

1. Ka’eleku Caverns, Maui

These caves are a estimable road off a island’s scenic and remote Road to Hana courtney_80/Flickr KRoark/Flickr

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2. Lava Beds National Monument

This remote park nearby a Oregon limit binds a largest thoroughness of lava tubes in a United States.

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 3. Lava River Cave

It takes 90 mins to try this mile-long cavern south of Bend. Beware of bats!

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 4. N?huku (aka Thurston Lava Tube), Hawaii Island

A short and honeyed travel in a sensuous timberland Westend61 around Getty Images Mozul/Flickr

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5. Ape Cave, Washington

At 13,042 feet long, Ape Cave is a third longest lava tube abhinaba/Flickr

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6. Coconino National Forest’s Lava River Cave

This 700,000-year-old lava tube nearby Flagstaff still has ripples solidified into a floor

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7. Kazumura Cave, Hawaii’s Big Island

One of a longestmost intricate Anita363/Flickr Anita363/Flickr

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