Lehman Caves Tours
Head underground in Great Basin National Park to visit the spectacular Lehman Caves. Passageways in the marble rock are filled with beautiful speleothems including stalactites, stalagmites, popcorn, and cave bacon. The cave has amazing cave shields and is a world-class example of condensation corrosion, a process that is still enlarging the cave.
Lehman Caves is also home to some endemic species (not found anywhere else in the world), such as the Great Basin cave pseudoscorpion and the Snake Range millipede. It also houses a maternity colony of Townsend's big-eared bats.
When you visit Lehman Caves you take on a vital role in helping to protect the cave and the life inside of it. The most important thing you can do is to help us safeguard the cave's bat population from the spread of a fungus called white-nose syndrome. Read the "Need to Know" tab on this site to better prepare for your potential cave tour. Thanks for helping to protect your national park!
Head underground in Great Basin National Park to visit the spectacular Lehman Caves. Passageways in the marble rock are filled with beautiful speleothems including stalactites, stalagmites, popcorn, and cave bacon. The cave has amazing cave shields and is a world-class example of condensation corrosion, a process that is still enlarging the cave.
Lehman Caves is also home to some endemic species (not found anywhere else in the world), such as the Great Basin cave pseudoscorpion and the Snake Range millipede. It also houses a maternity colony of Townsend's big-eared bats.
When you visit Lehman Caves you take on a vital role in helping to protect the cave and the life inside of it. The most important thing you can do is to help us safeguard the cave's bat population from the spread of a fungus called white-nose syndrome. Read the "Need to Know" tab on this site to better prepare for your potential cave tour. Thanks for helping to protect your national park!
Need to Know
- A Safe Cave Tour
Visitors are responsible for their own safety throughout the cave. The trail may be wet and slippery -wear shoes with good tread. Tours are Ranger-led. Visitors are required to stay with the ranger and on the trail at all times. Touching or collecting cave formations is strictly prohibited. Out of consideration for other visitors, those who create a disturbance for the group will be escorted out of the cave. Low Ceilings - No crawling is required. However, low ceilings throughout the cave require frequent ducking and the trail has several narrow passages. Temperatures - The cave is about 50 degrees F or 10 degrees C. Bring a light jacket, sweatshirt, or sweater for comfort. Darkness - The tour may include a period where the ranger turns off the lights to demonstrate total darkness. Pack lightly - Visitors may only bring a camera, jacket, flashlight, keys (in pocket), pocket wallet, and pocket cell phone into the cave. Not permitted are backpacks, fanny packs, purses, camera case, food, drink (including water), gum, candy, tobacco products, strollers, baby backpacks, hiking sticks, tripods, selfie sticks, or pets. Talk with a ranger for exceptions for medical reasons. Firearms - Firearms are not permitted in the visitor center or cave since both are considered federal facilities.
- No Show Policy
Please check in at the Lehman Caves Visitor Center at least 15 minutes in advance of your tour's scheduled start time. If you have not checked in with the front desk to claim your reserved tickets within five minutes of the scheduled start time of your tour, your tickets will be considered forfeit. Refunds will not be provided for late arrivals or missed tours. Give yourself plenty of travel time. Wide loads and weather are some of a number of items which can slow your journey. Refunds will not be provided for late arrivals or missed tours.
- White Nose Syndrome
Help protect the bats. To help prevent the spread of White Nose Syndrome, a disease that is killing millions of bats in North America, you may not bring any footwear, clothing or gear (including cameras) into the Lehman Caves that has ever been in any other cave or mine at any time unless you decontaminate it at the park.
- Children Under 5
During the summer (March - October) children under 5 are only allowed on the Lodge Room tour, which is ideal for families with young children. Children under 5 years of age may not join the Grand Palace tour except during the winter.
- Accessibility
Groups with members who are wheelchair users or have trouble walking should ask at the Lehman Caves Visitor Center about the First Room Tour. NOTE: Rangers cannot push wheelchairs.
- Federal Passes and Discounts
Visitors who are eligible for pass discounts must present their Senior Annual, Senior Lifetime or Access pass upon arrival at the park when picking up tickets. Only the pass holder is eligible for the discount.
- Grand Palace vs. Lodge Room Tours
A reminder that if you book the Grand Palace Tour then you will also see the entire route for the Lodge Room Tour. If you want to book both tours then you certainly may, but please be advised that the Grand Palace will simply cover the Lodge Room route again.
- Switching Tours
Reserved tickets for Lehman Caves Tours may not be tranferred to other available tour times on the the date of the reservation.
- Refund policy
Refunds for Lehman Caves Tours will not be provided the day of the tour. Refunds requested at least a day prior to the tour will be honored minus the $1 per ticket charged by Recreation.Gov.
Booking Windows
Tour tickets become available at 10:00 am Eastern Time / 7:00 Pacific Time 30 days in advance.
Changes and Cancellations
No refunds the day of the tour. See Facility Rates for fees.
Contact Information
Mailing Address
100 GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK Baker NV 89311
Phone Number
775-234-7500
