Though the name of this cave indicates otherwise, there are no bears in Petit Jean State Park. At least, there haven't been bears for a very long time. A series of sandstone monoliths that are cracked and weathered to form passages and dead ends open to the sky, Bear Cave isn't really a cave either, though the passages do tuck in near the base so that it seems that there is a roof of rock over your head. The only thing I can really compare them to is The Joints in Canyonlands National Park, UT, where giant sandstone blocks cracked and weathered to form narrow slot-like canyons with sandy bottoms. Callie and I wandered through every crack and crevice, poked around in every dark hole, and climbed up the rocks (the ones Callie could climb, which is surprising). Even with no bears and no true caves, Bear Cave was pretty awesome to explore!
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Leave me a comment below and let me know if you've ever explored a place similar to this. Where is it?
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