California Caverns

California Cavern
LocationCave City, California
Discovery1849 or 1850 by Captain Joseph Taylor
AccessShow cave
Reference no.956

California Cavern is a Limestone cave in the Sierra Nevada foothills, in Cave City, Calaveras County, California.

The series of interconnected caverns are one of the earliest officially recorded caves in the Mother Lode region of California.[1] Although one of numerous caves in the Mother Lode region, California Caverns claims the distinction of having the most extensive system of caverns and passageways.

  1. ^ "California State Historical Landmarks in Calaveras County". California Natural Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2010-10-28.