Fishmouth Cave is located on Lower Butler Wash. This road is a sandy, rough road and requires a vehicle with good clearance. The map below shows all of the hiking trails on Butler wash, with Fishmouth Cave at the top:
Here is a detailed map of the entrance shape for Fishmouth Cave:
There is a pit toilet at the entrance of the pull-off road. Fishmouth Cave can also be seen from Butler Wash, making it the easiest to find:
Here is a sample of Butler Wash (so you can see if your vehicle can make it):
The trailhead has a marker:
Eventually, you’ll arrive at some ruins:
The trail continues on from there to the next ruin:
There is another ruin beyond this, but there isn’t much left of it:
If you decide to continue up the trail, you’ll have to climb some slick rock and work your way toward Fishmouth Cave:
If you examine that last photo carefully, you’ll see that it’s nothing more than a scree field of broken rock and dust. It’s slippery and climbable, but we started a small landslide while scaling it. In fact, the most dangerous part (which we didn’t realize until the rocks started sliding) is in front of the cave. The rock is just holding onto the slick rock under it. I would not recommend scaling this side of the cave. There is another path on the other side that is much safer to scale. Here are the rocks in front of the cave (Michelle is making her way up it in the picture below, just to give some scale):
Inside the cave are a few artifacts, but no cliff dwelling. There was probably one at one time, but it’s gone now. Here’s a pano of the inside of the cave (so you don’t have to risk your life if you’re looking for a dwelling):
