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

• 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!)

The following caves are open to the public:

Cascade Caverns (Boerne) Cave Without A Name (Boerne) Caverns of Sonora (Sonora)  Inner Space Cavern (Georgetown) Longhorn Cavern (Burnet) Natural Bridge Caverns (New Braunfels) Wonder Cave (San Marcos) West Cave (a botanical preserve and travertine cave near Austin) Colorado Bend State Park offers caving tours Kickapoo Caverns State Natural Area also has caving tours

Some additional caving links include:

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 Read-up on some information about Texas caves and sinkholes at The Online Handbook of Texas

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