Texas Caves, Caving Clubs, Caverns, and Caving Grottos

Texas Caves and Caverns

Texas caves and caverns abound with natural delights and at least 9000 caves, caverns, sinkholes, and springs are known in Texas and cover about 20% of the state. Some facts about caves and caverns in Texas:

Over 103 Texas caves are longer that 900 feet and Honey Creek, which is still being explored, is the longest at 20 miles
Powell’s Cave System, which is a complex of three caves in Menard County, is 13 miles long and still being mapped by cavers
Sorcerer’s Cave in Terrell County is the deepest cave at 558 feet and 104 caves are deeper than 99 feet
Fern Cave (Val Verde County) is estimated to be around 10 million cubic feet in volume
100 million Mexican free-tail bats live in two dozen Texas caves and they consume 6000 to 18,000 metric tons of insects a year in Texas (good job boys, keep it up!)

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Unique and exhilarating caving experience at Caverns of Sonora
Cave tour at Inner Space Caverns

Public Texas Caves

	Cascade Caverns (Boerne)
	Cave Without A Name (Boerne)
	(Sonora)
	(Georgetown)
	Longhorn Cavern (Burnet)
	Natural Bridge Caverns (New Braunfels)
	Wonder Cave (San Marcos)
	West Cave (a botanical preserve and travertine cave near Austin)
	- there are over 750 known caves in Williamson County, many of them accessible from Cedar Park
	Colorado Bend State Park offers caving tours
	Kickapoo Caverns State Natural Area also has caving tours
	Texas Cave Conservatory owns two caves which are open on Cave Dave twice a year

Formation at Inner Space Caverns Colorado Bend Cave Tour, thanks to TP&W

Texas Caving Resources

	Click here for information on Texas caving, caving clubs and grottos
	Texas Speleological Association website
	Weatherfriend has some excellent content on the 7 commercial caves in Texas as well as some other content on caves
	The Online Handbook of Texas - read-up on some information about Texas caves and sinkholes at

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