Field Trip Ideas to Learn About Caves and Caverns

If you want to go caving, it's called "spelunking".

To learn more about caves, check out the website provided by the National Speleological Society (NSS). To help you learn more about caves, it includes a large online resource, as well as a library of audios and visuals that can be borrowed (on deposit), and books.

For more information, contact the librarian at:

2813 Cave Avenue Huntsville, AL 35810-4431

Phone: (256) 852-1300

Fax: (256) 851-924

Canada

Ontario

United States of America (USA)

The National Cave Association has a directory of caves and caverns in the United States. Check it out to find additional caves not listed below.

As well, check out the listing of Cave Nature Preserves provided by the National Speleological Society (NSS).

New Mexico

Pennsylvania

West Virginia

Ukraine

It seems the world's deepest cave may be in the Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian Speleological Association, the Voronja, or "Crow's Cave, is a complex series of pits as deep as a mile below the cave's entrance.

Read more in the article "World's Deepest Cave Discovered".