Curiosity Cave is one of Austin’s many curiosities which people hardly know about. This is due to Curiosity Cave being tucked away in an isolated remote subdivision which is surrounded by a boating community. Curiosity Cave hosts many of nature’s curiosities. Not to mention Hill Country beauty. Curiosity Cave is located on a beautiful 7+ acre property.
Curiosity Cave is a 30 x 30 foot wide cave that is 30 feet in height and depth. Parts of the cave are short and much narrower than other parts of the cave. The back part of the cave is narrower. That part of the cave is 10 feet in height. 
Moss grows at the front entrance of the cave but moss does not grow or can be seen on the stalagmites or stalactites. The most interesting features of There is a small formation of stalactites that grows in the back of this cave. These stalactites are not very long in length being that the average stalactite measures up to 3 or 4 inches in length. Fern grows outside on the boulders around the perimeter of this cave. Fern can be seen on the floor of this cave. 
Curiosity Cave faces the Pedernales River and has a natural flowing spring on top. The flowing spring water on top drips down into the cave forming stalagmites and stalactites. 
The geological history of this cave dates back to 2 million years ago when the entire State of Texas was under water. The geological history of this cave dates back to 2 million years ago and predates 2200 BC.
The State of Texas had owned Curiosity Cave since 1636. Curiosity Cave had been owned by The State of Texas for hundreds of years. The State of Texas owned Curiosity Cave prior to 1836. The State of Texas sold Curiosity Cave to Travis County in 1836 which is when went the newly formed and incorporated Travis County had separated from Milam County.
Senior music major Evelyn Busby was the first person to have possibly discovered Curiosity Cave. Evidently she spent many hours bicycling in the West Austin hills and canoeing down Lake Austin from the Marshall Ford Dam exploring places such as Curiosity Cave. They also encountered cypress trunks and and emerald pool, rains coming down the canyons into the cave.
Evelyn Busby and Laverne Julow rediscovered Curiosity Cave when they took a detour up the Pedernales River to Curiosity Cave. They saw natural wonders many a lifelong Central Texas never knew existed throughout the cave. They saw many mineral and rock formations inside Curiosity Cave. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/386173937/)
“Evelyn and Laverne went 80 miles up the channel to the Narrows, narrowest point on Lake Travis, before turning back. On the return run, they took a detour up the Pedernales River to Curiosity Cave and through the cave. They saw natural wonders many a lifelong Central Texas never knew existed.”
Travis County sold the property to James Alfred Cox sometime in the 1950s. James Alfred Cox would own Curiosity Cave for several years prior to selling lots of his property to a widow named Stella C. Larsen and man named W. W. Burt. James Alfred Cox sold a lot of his property, which was separated into lots, to a widow named Stella C. Larsen for price of $1.10 on the date of Friday, April 18, 1958 as recorded and reported by the Austin American newspaper. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/386137684/)
Thus the Curiosity Cave subdivision was created in 1958. Lot 14 and Lot 18 of the Curiosity Cave subdivision were sold to Stella C. Larsen and that included Curiosity Cave. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/385909606/)
Larger lots of Curiosity Cave and the Curiosity Cave subdivision were sold to Stella C. Larsen in 1960. The real estate sale and transfer included Lot 28, Lot 29, and Lot 30. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/359237360/)
Other larger lots of Curiosity Cave and the Curiosity Cave subdivision were sold to Stella C. Larsen in 1961. The real estate sale included Lot 26 & Lot 27. By this point Lots 26 through 32 belonged to Stella C. Larsen. Stella C. Larsen would assume full ownership of these lots in 1961. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/384873831/)
Realtor Christine Emanuel of Engel & Völkers advertised a property that was for sale that was located where Curiosity Cave is on the date of June 9, 2020. The price for Curiosity Cave was offered at $675,000 dollars being located on a beautiful 7+ acre property. Offered at $675,000. 7.92 acres on the Pedernales River with natural cave. (Ref: https://www.facebook.com/myBenley/posts/881206209048378)
Realtor Christine Emanuel of Engel & Völkers successfully sold the 7 acre property to a retired couple on the date of September 9, 2020. (Ref: https://www.facebook.com/myBenley/posts/948777128957952)
There have been instances of people falling off the cliff that overhangs across Curiosity Cave. People have gotten injured while exploring Curiosity Cave.
On the date of September 19, 2017, emergency crews from Austin-Travis County EMS were dispatched to an area at Curiosity Cave Road in Spicewood, Texas where a man in his 20s fell 20 to 30 feet from a cliff overhang at Curiosity Cave.
Roberto Villalpando from the Austin American-Statesman reported the high-angle terrain made it difficult for rescuers to retrieve the man and a STAR Flight helicopter was requested by crews on the ground. But crews ultimately decided against hoisting the man by air and extricated him from the area by other means before taking him to Dell Seton Medical Center with potentially serious injuries. (Ref: https://www.statesman.com/news/20170919/police-suspect-in-hike-and-bike-trail-sexual-assault-arrested)
According to Austin-Travis County EMS, a man in his 20s fell 20 to 30 feet near the 1900 block of Curiosity Cave Road, around 4:20 p.m. They said the patient was considered a trauma alert because of the fall distance and his condition. STAR Flight was called in while the man was being evaluated. ATCEMS reports on Twitter STAR Flight could not reach the man from his current location so he had to be moved. He was being prepared to be taken to the emergency room around 5:20 p.m. (Ref: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/man-rescued-after-fall-from-cliff-in-spicewood/994795946/)
This accident is just one example.
Curiosity Cave is located at 1908 Pace Bend Road South, Spicewood, Texas, US 78669. The other address for Curiosity Cave is 2207 Pace Bend Road South, Spicewood, Texas, US 78669.
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