Tours are not currently being held due to COVID-19. Watch this space, as well as our Facebook feed for updates!
Tours are conducted on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month unless there is a federal holiday. Tours are not given during periods of Federal government shutdowns.
Tour Dates for 2020
January 11 & January 25
February 8 & February 22
March 14 & March 28
April 11 & April 25
May 9
June 13 & June 27
July 11 & July 25
August 8 &August 22
September12 & September 26
October 24
December 12
Click the DVD to view the Hidden Cave Video produced by One Digital Media Technology Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, University of Nevada Reno on behalf of the Bureau of Land Management, Churchill County Museum, and Nevada DOT.
This video is shown as orientation for tours of Hidden Cave.
The Churchill County Museum, and the Carson City District Bureau of Land Management welcome you to a tour of Hidden Cave. “Hidden Cave” was named because of the difficulty in finding its small opening.
Hidden Cave Tours are offered to the public on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month (excluding federal holiday weekends). The Churchill County Museum opens at 9am on these Saturdays, and the tour starts here where you can enjoy the Hidden Cave display at the museum. Meet the BLM guide at the museum at 9:30am, and watch a short video on the history of Hidden Cave. At 10am, caravan out to the cave site for your tour. Reservations are requested for larger groups. The regularly scheduled tours are FREE! Tours are not held on Federal holiday weekends (For example, Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day , Thanksgiving, Christmas and Veteran’s Day or the 4th of July if they fall on a Friday or Monday.)
Dress appropriately for the weather, and wear sturdy walking shoes. The trip up the hill is about 1/4 mile, and the trail is not handicapped accessible. This tour may not suitable for young children because of its length and the climb up the hill. There are restrooms and picnic sites available at Grimes Point, 1.5 miles from the cave area parking lot.
A private tour may be arranged by contacting the museum at 775-423-3677 at least one week in advance and is subject to guide availability. The minimum charge for a private tour is $30.00, with an additional fee of $2.00 per person over the first 15.
For further information about Hidden Cave, we recommend reading The Archaeology of Hidden Cave, Nevada, Vol. 61: Part 1, edited by David Hurst Thomas. The book was published by the Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, New York in 1985.
Some Facts about the Hidden Cave
In the mid-1920’s, the cave was visited by four school boys, the first 20th century humans to do so. The cave has since been excavated three times: once in 1940, again in 1951, and finally in 1979-1980.
A high proportion of the artifacts found in Hidden cave were unbroken and arranged in concentrations. That led to the conclusion that 3,500 to 3,800 years ago people used Hidden Cave more for a cache site than for their own shelter. |
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Chronology of Hidden Cave
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