Celebrate Cave Week!

Cave Week takes place during the first full week of June.

photo of a person inside a cave with large cave formations hanging down from above
Chimney Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.

NPS image by Dan Pawlak.

Celebrate Cave Week!

Cave Week is an awesome opportunity to enjoy, celebrate, and learn about caves in parks. Celebrate these fascinating underground worlds that are home to unique wildlife and provide exciting recreational opportunties.

Many U.S. parks, Parks Canada sites, and even NASA participate in Cave Week via social media posts, cave tours, exhibits, school events, web pages and much more. To be involved in Cave Week check out your nearby park's website or social media to see what they have going on.

Cave Week started in 2018 as a grassroots effort the celebrate caves in a handful of parks. It has since grown, expanding even beyond the National Park Service. The focus of the week is on caves and karst. It celebrates their importance, geology, history, biology, current research, exploration, and restoration. Cave Week is also the perfect opportunity to promote other, lesser known sites across the US, Canada, and the world.

Share your #CaveWeek! Join the vibrant virtual community of stewards, educators, and cavers in celebrating #CaveWeek, and share opportunities to interact.

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Interested in learning more about specific cave types? Discover parks with cave and karst features below.

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