Best Texas Caves, Cave Tours, Caving Clubs, Caverns, and Caving Grottos
Texas caves and caverns abound with natural delights and there are at least 9000 Texas caves, caverns, sinkholes,
and springs which cover about 20% of Texas. Some facts about caves in Texas:
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Over 103 Texas caves are longer than 900 feet and Honey Creek, which is still being explored, is the longest at 20 miles
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Powell’s Cave System, which is a complex of three caves in Menard County, is 13 miles long and still being mapped by cavers
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Sorcerer’s Cave in Terrell County is the deepest cave at 558 feet and 104 caves are deeper than 99 feet
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Fern Cave (Val Verde County) is estimated to be around 10 million cubic feet in volume
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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!)
If you like caves, use this cave map to quickly find a cave near you to explore.
We’ve set a goal to take a tour of all of the major caverns in Texas, the ones we have enjoyed and written an article about our tour and experience include:
Texas Outside’s Cave Adventures & Tours |
| Natural Bridge Caverns was a good tour in a very scenic cavern |
| A Great Caving Tour at Cave Without a Name |
| Unique and exhilarating caving experience at Caverns of Sonora |
| Cave tour at Inner Space Caverns |
| Bridal Cave Tour in Missouri at Lake of the Ozarks was fun |
Use This Cave Map To Find Caves Near You To Explore
Texas Public Caves and Cave Tours |
| Bracken Bat Cave – open for nightly visitation with a reservation |
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Cascade Caverns – Boerne – a biologically unique cave with the Cascade Salamander and largest population of Tricolor Bats and this cave is the wettest Texas show cave and the coldest at 60 degrees year round
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Cave Without A Name – Boerne – the link will take you to our fun tour of this outstanding cave
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| Caverns of Sonora – Sonora – read about our fun adventure tour crawling, rappelling, and more. |
| Colorado Bend State Park offers caving tours |
| Inner Space Cavern – Georgetown – our story about a cave tour |
| Franklin Mountain State Park allows you to explore man-made “caves” on mine hikes |
| Kickapoo Caverns State Natural Area also has caving tours |
| Longhorn Cavern – Burnet – one of the best caves in Texas |
| Natural Bridge Caverns – New Braunfels – fun tours, a zipline, and a ropes challenge course |
| Texas Cave Conservatory owns two caves which are open on Cave Day twice a year |
| Wonder Cave – San Marcos – locate within Wonder World Park which has several attractions |
| West Cave – a botanical preserve and travertine cave near Austin |
| Williamson County Caves – there are over 750 known caves in Williamson County, many of them accessible from Cedar Park. |
Texas Caving Resources |
| Map of Texas Caves – use this map to quickly find a cave near you to explore |
| Texas Caving Information – good stuff on Texas caving, caving clubs and grottos |
| Texas Speleological Association website |
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Weatherfriend has some excellent content on the 7 commercial caves in Texas as well as some other content on caves
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| The Online Handbook of Texas – read-up on some information about Texas caves and sinkholes at |
Author: Mike Sharp
I have a passion for travel and outdoor activities, and now I'm enjoying retired life. I will continue my traveling, golfing, boating, and enjoying life all across the great state of Texas.
