Danger Cave State Historical Monument
Cave Self-Guided Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 40.7531°N, 114.0170°W
INTO THE DARK · CAVES DIRECTORY
Caves in Nevada
6 Caves Found Free Options Available
Nevada's cave geography is more extensive than its reputation suggests. Lehman Caves in Great Basin National Park is the most significant developed cave — marble passages dense with shields, stalactites, and cave coral in one of the most remote national parks in the lower 48. The Nevada limestone belt has additional wild cave systems in the Snake, Schell Creek, and White Pine ranges that see almost no visitors. The Great Basin is full of dissolving limestone; most of it is simply too remote for casual visitors to reach.
Every cave listed here is on public or accessible land. Always bring three light sources, water, and let someone know your plans before entering any undeveloped cave. Temperature inside: typically 50–62°F year-round. Explore all caves on the Trek4Free map →
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Jukebox Cave
Cave Self-Guided Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 40.7573°N, 114.0136°W
Lehman Caves - Great Basin National Park
Limestone Guided Nat'l Park $15
A marble cavern tucked inside one of the most remote and least-visited national parks in the contiguous US — which means you may well have it nearly to yourself. Great Basin sits 290 miles north of La…
Limestone Cave
Cave Self-Guided Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 40.7610°N, 114.0428°W
Lovelock Cave
Lava Tube Self-Guided BLM Free
One of the most archaeologically significant and genuinely mysterious caves in North America — and one of the few where a documented indigenous oral tradition, a 19th-century excavation, and a persist…
Raven Cave
Cave Self-Guided Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 40.9387°N, 114.0864°W