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

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.
Find Your Park
Interested in learning more about specific cave types? Discover parks with cave and karst features below.U.S. National Park Service Sites
Solution Caves
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Buffalo National River, Arkansas - Geodiversity Atlas
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico - Geodiversity Atlas
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Coronado National Memorial, Arizona - Geodiversity Atlas
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Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Kentucky- Geodiversity Atlas
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Great Basin National Park, Nevada - Geodiversity Atlas
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Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota- Geodiversity Atlas
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Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky - Geodiversity Atlas
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Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri - Geodiversity Atlas
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Russell Cave National Monument, Alabama - Geodiversity Atlas
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Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah - Geodiversity Atlas
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Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota - Geodiversity Atlas
Sea or Littoral Caves
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Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin - Geodiversity Atlas
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Channel Islands National Park, California - Geodiversity Atlas
Lava Tubes
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Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska - Geodiversity Atlas
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Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho - Geodiversity Atlas
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El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico - Geodiversity Atlas
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Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawai'i - Geodiversity Atlas
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Lava Beds National Monument, California - Geodiversity Atlas
Ice Caves
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Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho - Geodiversity Atlas
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El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico - Geodiversity Atlas
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Lava Beds National Monument, California - Geodiversity Atlas
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Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona - Geodiversity Atlas
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Wrangell-St Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska - Geodiversity Atlas
Karst Landscapes
International National Park Sites
Parks Canada Sites
Discover more!
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Become a Junior Cave Scientist!
Explore the fascinating and fragile underground world of caves, learn about caves in parks, and complete fun educational activities!
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Geology Fundamentals
Discover more about rocks and minerals, geologic time, plate tectonics and more!
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Cave and Karst Photos
Catch a glimpse of what's going on underground with these photo galleries with images of cave and karst features and caving activities.
Learn More
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Oregon Caves National Monument & Preserve, Oregon — Timeline
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Lava Beds National Monument, California — Pictographs / Petroglyphs
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Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho — Cave Formation
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Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah — Cave / Karst Systems
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Jewel Cave National Monument, South Dakota – Cave Exploration Questions
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El Malpais National Monument, New Mexico – Lava Tube Formation
Last updated: May 15, 2025