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Caves in North America
178 caves in North America, spread across 14 countries. The best known is Mammoth Cave National Park in United States. The 96 best known are below; the rest are on the map.
- In North America
- 178
- Countries
- 14
- Share of world
- 11%
- Little known
- 153 of 178
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2.Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
United States National Park in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico
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4.Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Nature · Notable
Buffalo jump located at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Canada
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10.Sacred Cenote
Nature · Notable
Water-filled sinkhole at the Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza,
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14.Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve
Nature · 20th century · Notable
National monument in the United States
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21.Grutas de Cacahuamilpa National Park
Nature · 20th century · Notable
Park in Mexico featuring cave systems and underground rivers
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24.Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Nature · 20th century · Notable
National monument in Utah County, Utah, United States
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26.Blanchard Springs Caverns
Nature · Hidden gem
Cave system in Stone County, Arkansas, United States of America
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27.Meadowcroft Rockshelter
Nature · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Washington County, Pennsylvania
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37.Guilá Naquitz Cave
Nature · 108th century BC · Hidden gem
Site of early domestication of several food crops in Oaxaca, Mexico
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38.Kartchner Caverns State Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
State park in the US state of Arizona
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40.Florida Caverns State Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
State park in Florida, United States
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46.Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
Provincial park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada
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52.Actún Can
Nature · Hidden gem
Park located in the town of Santa Elena de la Cruz, featuring a series of caves
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53.Los Tres Ojos National Park
Nature · Hidden gem
Open-air limestone cave in the Dominican Republic
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59.Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
State park in California
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60.Rickwood Caverns State Park
Nature · Hidden gem
State park in Blount County, Alabama, United States
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64.Park nacional cueva de las maravillas
Nature · Hidden gem
National park in the Dominican Republic
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66.Crystal Cave (Sequoia National Park)
Nature · Hidden gem
Cave in Sequoia National Park, California
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67.Choo-Ha
Nature · Hidden gem
Small cenote close to the Mayan site of Cobá in central Yucatán Peninsula
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68.Bayou Corne sinkhole
Nature · Hidden gem
Collapsed underground salt dome cavern in Louisiana, USA
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73.Cathedral Caverns State Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
State park of a state of the United States
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74.Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
State park in Forestville Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States
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86.Endless Caverns
Nature · Hidden gem
Commercial show cave located near New Market, Virginia, United States
Caves in North America, by country
Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.
Caves elsewhere
Questions about this page
What are the best known caves in North America?
Mammoth Cave National Park in United States leads the list. U.S. national park in Kentucky.
Which country in North America has the most?
United States (123), Mexico (25) and Canada (8). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.
How much of the world is that?
178 of the 1,679 caves on this atlas, so 11%. The rest are on the worldwide page.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.