Caves in California
146 caves across California, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).
- Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park · cave · Santa Barbara · Must-see
- Bronson Caves · cave · Los Angeles · Must-see
- Mercer Caverns · cave · Calaveras · Must-see
- Merrill Ice Cave · cave · Siskiyou · Must-see
- Catacombs · cave · Siskiyou · Must-see
- California Caverns · cave · Calaveras · Must-see
- Moaning Cave · cave · Calaveras · Must-see
- Valentine Cave · cave · Siskiyou · Must-see
- Hall City Caves · cave · Trinity · Must-see
- Black Chasm Cavern · cave · Amador · Must-see
- Boyden Cavern · cave · Fresno
- Mushpot Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Skull Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Big Cave · cave · Shasta
- Mud Cave · cave · San Diego
- Hell Hole · cave · Santa Cruz
- Blue Grotto · cave · Siskiyou
- Golden Dome · cave · Siskiyou
- Vanalden Cave · cave · Los Angeles
- Cave Point · cave · Contra Costa
- Sunny Jim Cave · cave · San Diego
- Dinosaur Caves Park · cave · San Luis Obispo
- Balcony Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Big Painted Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Hercules Leg · cave · Siskiyou
- Hopkins Chocolate Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Juniper · cave · Siskiyou
- Lava Brook · cave · Siskiyou
- Little Cave · cave · Ventura
- Ovis · cave · Siskiyou
- Paradise Alleys · cave · Siskiyou
- Paramount Pictures Studio Tour · cave · Los Angeles
- Pirate Ship · cave · Sacramento
- Pluto's Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Sentinel Bridge · cave · Siskiyou
- Smugglers Cave · cave · San Luis Obispo
- Subway Cave (entrance) · cave · Shasta
- Sunshine · cave · Siskiyou
- The Grotto · cave · Ventura
- The Real Manson Cave · cave · Ventura
- Thunderbolt · cave · Siskiyou
- Bower Cave · cave · Mariposa
- Cave Rocks · cave · Riverside
- Crystal Cave · cave · Tulare
- Mammoth Mine · cave · Inyo
- Cave Gulch/Wilder Natural Reserve · cave · Santa Cruz
- Cave Rock · cave · Marin
- Doc's Critter Cave · cave · Santa Clara
- Emerald Cove Sea Cave · cave · San Diego
- Painted Cave State Marine Conservation Area · cave · Santa Barbara
- Sunny Jim's Sea Cave · cave · San Diego
- The Cave Store · cave · San Diego
- Vasco Caves Regional Preserve · cave · Contra Costa
- Balconies Caves · cave · San Benito
- Bat Caves Buttes · cave · Riverside
- Bear Gulch Lower Cave · cave · San Benito
- Bear Gulch Upper Cave · cave · San Benito
- Bell Cave · cave · Los Angeles
- Bertha's Cupboard Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Bob Walker's Cave · cave · Contra Costa
- Bodhidharma Cave · cave · San Mateo
- Boulevard Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Bowers Cave (Cave of the San Martins) · cave · Los Angeles
- Caldwell Ice Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Captain Jack's Ice Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Cave Man · cave · San Francisco
- Cave Mountain · cave · Lassen
- Cave Mountain · cave · San Bernardino
- Cave Rock · cave · Orange
- Cave Spring · cave · Tehama
- Cave Spring · cave · San Bernardino
- Cave Spring · cave · Riverside
- Cave Spring · cave · San Bernardino
- Cave of Munits · cave · Ventura
- Chumash Painted Cave · cave · Santa Barbara
- Cox Ice Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Craig's Cave & Temple · cave · Siskiyou
- Dripping Cave · cave · Orange
- Dublin Gulch Cave Homes · cave · Inyo
- Empire Cave · cave · Santa Cruz
- Fern Cave · cave · Modoc
- Fern Chamber · cave · San Benito
- Freudian System Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Frozen River Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Gavilán Cave · cave · Ventura
- Gaviota Wind Caves · cave · Santa Barbara
- Greenhorn Cave · cave · Kern
- Hangman's Cave · cave · Alpine
- Hawver Cave Gate A · cave · El Dorado
- Hawver Cave Gate B · cave · El Dorado
- Heppe Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Hidden Caves · cave · Napa
- Hole in the Wall · cave · Mono
- Hotlum Sky Light · cave · Siskiyou
- Ice Cave · cave · Tehama
- Ice Cave Mountain · cave · Tehama
- Indian Cave · cave · Mariposa
- Indian Joe Cave Rocks · cave · Alameda
- Indian Well Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Indian Well Cave (Upper Entrance) · cave · Siskiyou
- Jot Dean Ice Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- Labyrinth · cave · Siskiyou
- Labyrinth Cave (historic entrance) · cave · Siskiyou
- Lake Shasta Caverns · cave · Shasta
- Lava Tube · cave · San Bernardino
- Mammoth Cave · cave · Modoc
- Manson Family Cave · cave · Los Angeles
- Marble Caves · cave · Trinity
- Meadows Cave · cave · Ventura
- Mendocino Point Blow Hole · cave · Mendocino
- Mitchell Cavern and Winding Stair Cave · cave · San Bernardino
- Mitchell Caverns · cave · San Bernardino
- Moaning Cavern Cave Park · cave · Calaveras
- Packsaddle Cave · cave · Tulare
- Painted Cave · cave · Santa Barbara
- Perdition Caves · cave · Los Angeles
- Quartz Crystal Cave (blocked with concrete) · cave · San Diego
- Scandia Fun Center Entrance · cave · Sacramento
- Sentinel Cave (Lower Entrance) · cave · Siskiyou
- Sentinel Cave (Upper Entrance) · cave · Siskiyou
- Smuggler's Den · cave · Imperial
- Spooky Canyon · cave · San Bernardino
- Spouting Caves · cave · Los Angeles
- Subway Cave (exit) · cave · Shasta
- Swing Cave · cave · Ventura
- Symbol Bridge · cave · Siskiyou
- The Grotto · cave · Los Angeles
- Tickner Cave · cave · Siskiyou
- West Iron Portal · cave · San Bernardino
- Whale mouth cave · cave · Santa Cruz
- Wind Caves · cave · San Diego
- Twiisted Caves JaJungle · cave · San Diego
- Cueva Deboyu · cave · San Diego
- Callao Cave, Peñablanca Cagayan Valley · cave · Los Angeles
- The Babe Cave Hair Studio · cave · Ventura
- Painted Cave · cave · Santa Barbara
- The CAVE · cave · Los Angeles
- Manes & Babes Hair Cave · cave · Los Angeles
- Royal Cave · cave · San Bernardino
- Beat L A Man Cave · cave · Solano
- Arthur Cave Discovery · cave · San Joaquin
- Crystal Caves Mobile Home Park · cave · El Dorado
- Big Ants Man Cave Of Awesomeness · cave · Yuba
- Coyote Creek Cave · cave · Calaveras
- PandaCow Cave · cave · Humboldt
- Subway Cave, Mt. Lassen Volcanic National Park · cave · Shasta