List of caves in the United States facts for kids
This is a list of caves in the United States.
The United States is home to many amazing caves! A cave is a natural underground space. It is big enough for a human to enter. Caves often form when water slowly dissolves rock over thousands of years. They can also form from lava flows or by glaciers. Exploring caves is called caving or spelunking. It's a fun way to see incredible underground worlds.
Some caves are famous for their size, like Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. It is the longest cave system known in the world! Others are known for their beautiful rock formations, like Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Many caves are also important homes for bats and other unique animals. This list shows some of the cool caves you can find across the U.S.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
- Cave of the Winds
- Glenwood Caverns
- Mantle's Cave
- Spring Cave
Connecticut
- Tory Cave
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
- Ellison's Cave
- Kingston Saltpeter Cave
- Pettyjohn Cave
Hawaii
Idaho
- Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
- Kuna Caves
- Minnetonka Cave
- Niter Ice Cave
- Wilson Butte Cave
Illinois
Indiana
- Bluespring Caverns
- Buckner Cave
- Indian Caverns
- Marengo Cave
- Shawnee Cave
- Siberts Cave
- Squire Boone Caverns
- Twin Caves
- Wyandotte Cave
Iowa
Kentucky
- Bat Cave
- Carter Caves State Park
- Cascade Caverns
- Colossal Cavern
- Diamond Caverns
- Eleven Jones Cave
- Fisher Ridge Cave System
- Glover's Cave
- Goochland Cave
- Great Onyx Cave
- Great Saltpetre Cave
- Horse Cave also known as "Hidden River Cave"
- Lost River Cave
- Mammoth Cave
- Martin Ridge Cave System
- Mega Cavern
- Oligo-Nunk Cave System
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Horse Caves
- King Phillip's Cave
Michigan
Minnesota
- Cold Water Spring State Preserve
- Forestville Mystery Cave State Park
- Niagara Cave, Harmony
- Spring Valley Caverns
- Tyson Spring Cave
- Wabasha Street Caves
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
- Devils Hole
- Gypsum Cave
- Hidden Cave
- Humboldt Cave
- Lehman Caves
- Lovelock Cave
- Toquima Cave
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
- Cave of the Winds
- Clarksville Cave
- Ellenville Fault Ice Caves
- Howe Caverns
- Lockport Cave
- Schroeder's Pants Cave
- Tory Cave
North Carolina
Ohio
- Crystal Cave
- Mary Campbell Cave
- Ohio Caverns
- Olentangy Indian Caverns
- Seneca Caverns
- Zane Shawnee Caverns
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
- Bell Witch Cave
- Blue Spring Cave
- Big Bone Cave
- Craighead Caverns - also called Lost Sea
- Cumberland Caverns
- Dunbar Cave
- Forbidden Caverns
- Gillespie Cave
- Hubbard's Cave
- Lookout Mountain Caverns
- Lost Cove Cave
- Nickajack Cave
- Raccoon Mountain Caverns
- Ruby Falls
- Snail Shell Cave
- Tuckaleechee Caverns
Texas
- Airmen's Cave
- Baker Cave
- Bracken Cave
- Cascade Caverns
- Cave Without a Name
- Caverns of Sonora
- Inner Space Cavern
- Jacob's Well
- Kickapoo Cavern
- Longhorn Cavern
- Natural Bridge Caverns
- Rock Dove Cave
- Spring Creek Cave
- Wonder Cave
Utah
Vermont
- Aeolus Cave
- Tory's Cave
Virginia
Washington
- Ape Cave
- Big Four Ice Caves
- Cheese Cave
- Gardner Cave
- Marmes Rockshelter
- Paradise Ice Caves
West Virginia
- Cass Cave
- Charles Town Cave
- Friars Hole Cave System
- Haynes Cave
- Hellhole
- Lost World Caverns
- Organ Cave
- Seneca Caverns
- Sinks of Gandy
- Smoke Hole Caverns
Wisconsin
- Cave of the Mounds
- Cherney Maribel Caves
- Crystal Cave
- Eagle Cave
- Ledge View Nature Center
- Samuels' Cave
- St. John Mine
- Tainter Cave
Wyoming
See also
- List of caves
- List of longest caves in the United States
- Speleology
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