# |
System |
Length |
Location |
coordinates |
Associated parks, protected areas |
1 |
Mammoth Cave |
685.6 km (426.0 mi)[2][3] |
near Brownsville, Kentucky |
37.18758°N 86.10357°W / 37.18758; -86.10357 (Mammoth cave historic entrance) |
Mammoth Cave National Park, also a World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve. Longest cave in the world. |
2 |
Jewel Cave |
353.69 km (219.8 mi)[4][5] |
near Custer, South Dakota |
43.72944°N 103.82944°W / 43.72944; -103.82944 (Jewel Cave) |
Jewel Cave National Monument |
3 |
Wind Cave |
266.8 km (165.8 mi)[6] |
near Hot Springs, South Dakota |
43.55804°N 103.47955°W / 43.55804; -103.47955 (Wind Cave) |
Wind Cave National Park |
4 |
Lechuguilla Cave |
244.7 km (152.0 mi)[7][8] |
near Carlsbad, New Mexico |
32.1906420°N 104.5033091°W / 32.1906420; -104.5033091 (Grotte de Lechuguilla) |
Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
5 |
Fisher Ridge Cave System |
212.1 km (131.8 mi)[1] |
near Brownsville, Kentucky |
37.1873°N 85.9751°W / 37.1873; -85.9751 (Fisher Ridge System Historic Entrance) |
partly within Mammoth Cave National Park |
6 |
Great Savannah Cave System,(Maxwelton Sink Cave[9]-McClung Cave[10]) |
82.5 km (51.26 mi)[11] |
near Greenbrier County, West Virginia |
37.859703°N 80.406044°W / 37.859703; -80.406044 |
none |
7 |
Friars Hole Cave System |
81.2 km (50.46 mi)[12] |
near Renicks Valley, West Virginia |
38.067203°N 80.329775°W / 38.067203; -80.329775 (Friars Hole Cave) |
none |
8 |
Binkley's Cave System |
72.4 km (44.99 mi)[1] |
near Corydon, Indiana |
38.1824995°N 86.1501717°W / 38.1824995; -86.1501717 |
none |
9 |
Fort Stanton Cave |
71.7 km (44.55 mi)[1] |
near Lincoln County, New Mexico |
33.506670°N 105.493610°W / 33.506670; -105.493610 |
Fort Stanton–Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area |
10 |
Hellhole |
70.1 km (43.56 mi)[1] |
Germany Valley, West Virginia |
38.771361°N 79.378103°W / 38.771361; -79.378103 |
none |
11 |
Kazumura Cave |
65.5 km (40.70 mi)[1] |
Pahoa, Hawaii |
19.518890°N 155.031110°W / 19.518890; -155.031110 |
none |
12 |
Double Bopper Cave |
65.3 km (40.58 mi)[13] |
Coconino County, Arizona |
36.2686°N 112.2552°W / 36.2686; -112.2552 |
Grand Canyon National Park |
13 |
Blue Spring Cave |
64.4 km (40.02 mi)[1] |
near Sparta, Tennessee |
35.962811°N 85.385311°W / 35.962811; -85.385311 |
none |
14 |
Carlsbad Caverns |
63.5 km (39.46 mi)[1] |
near Carlsbad, New Mexico |
32.177057°N 104.441039°W / 32.177057; -104.441039 |
Carlsbad Caverns National Park |
15 |
Organ Cave |
61.9 km (38.46 mi)[1] |
Greenbrier County, West Virginia |
37.7181564°N 80.4362982°W / 37.7181564; -80.4362982 |
none |
16 |
Wakulla-Leon Sinks Cave System |
56.6 km (35.17 mi)[14] |
Wakulla County, Florida |
30.2354147°N 84.3028754°W / 30.2354147; -84.3028754 |
none |
17 |
Whigpistle System |
55.7 km (34.61 mi)[15][16] |
Edmonson County, Kentucky |
37.1196°N 86.1362°W / 37.1196; -86.1362 (Whigpistle System Whigpistle Entrance) |
none |
18 |
Crevice Cave |
50.2 km (31.19 mi)[17] |
Perry County, Missouri |
37.7527°N 89.8749°W / 37.7527; -89.8749 (Crevice cave) |
none |