Park and caves featuring cave with passages totaling about 15,000 feet, formed in marble and activities include cave touring, hiking, photography, and wildlife viewing
General Information
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Closest cities with hotels:
Chiloquin, 20 miles, Klamath Falls, 42 miles
Seasons:
Open all year though fully accessible for only four months during summer, owing to the very heavy winter snowfall
Overview
Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve in the Siskiyou Mountains, 55 miles southwest of Grants Pass, protects a marble cave with about 15,000 feet of passages, a rare kind, since most caves form in limestone. It was enlarged and renamed in 2014. The Douglas-fir forest around it is one of the most diverse in the Klamath-Siskiyou region.
Highlights
- Cave tours: offered mid-April to early November; buy tickets on Recreation.gov, and expect stairs and tight passages; the cave is 44 °F year-round
- Big Tree Trail: a 3.3-mile trail to the widest Douglas fir in Oregon
- Oregon Caves Chateau: a 1934 lodge with 23 rooms, and a dining room
- Camping: Cave Creek Campground, outside the monument
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