• Lehman Caves

    Great Basin

    National Park Nevada

Lehman Caves Dimensions

Water in the Lodge Room

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Pooling Water in the Lodge Room

Lehman Caves Depth and Measurement Statistics:

Length: 
 Entire Cave Length: 2 miles of passageways making Lehman Caves the longest known cave in the State of Nevada.
90 Minute Tour Length: .6 miles
60 Minute Tour Length: .4 miles
Stairs encountered along either tour: 70 stairs

Cave Depth Beneath the Surface:
Gothic Palace: 93.5 feet
Music Room: 125 feet
Lodge Room: 151 feet
Inscription Room: 194 feet
Cypress Swamp: 167 feet
Grand Palace: 167 feet

Room Sizes:
Biggest Room by Area: Talus Room- 90 feet wide, 376 feet long, for a surface area of 21,511 square feet (1/2 acre).
Tallest Room: Talus Room- 113 feet from floor to ceiling.
Second Tallest Room: Sunken Gardens- 32 feet from floor to ceiling.
Tallest Room Currently on Tour Route: Music Room, at a height of 51 feet (third tallest room in the cave).

All data provided by the Southern Nevada Grotto of the National Speleological Society.

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computer generated map of Lehman Caves
Computer generated 3D image of Lehman Caves
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Did You Know?

Bonneville Cutthroat Trout

The Bonneville cutthroat trout is the only trout native to Great Basin National Park and East Central Nevada. Ancestors of the current Bonneville cutthroat trout were abundant in ancient Lake Bonneville 16,000 to 18,000 years ago, the remnant of what is now the Great Salt Lake in Utah.