Timpanogos Cave National Monument
Cave tours are closed for the 2022 winter season. Hike your way past stunning vistas to explore a hidden underground world. Taste the thrill of caving as you twist and bend to enter beautifully decorated rooms. Learn the science behind formations and hear stories of cave exploration and preservation. Experience and discover as you go – geologic mysteries await.
From I-15: Take Exit 284 (Alpine-Highland exit), turn east on State Highway 92 and proceed ten miles (16km) to the monument. UT 40 or U.S. 189: Travel UT 189 through Provo Canyon, west on Orem 800 North (UT 52). After 2.4 miles turn right on State Street UT- 89. After 3.8 miles, turn onto Pleasant Grove 100 East (UT 146). Stay on this road for almost five miles, as it turns in Canyon Road and takes you to the mouth of American Fork Canyon. Turn right up American Fork Canyon to visitor center.
- Caving
- Guided Tours
- Hiking
- Junior Ranger Program
- Explorers and Expeditions
- Industry
- Logging and Timber Cutting
- Native American Heritage
- Animals
- Caves, Caverns and Karst
- Forests and Woodlands
- Fossils and Paleontology
- Geology
Helictites in Timpanogos Cave
Timpanogos Cave is filled with twisting helictites and other beautiful formations
Timpanogos Cave's "Chimes Chamber"
Timpanogos Cave's beautiful Chimes Chamber is filled with delicate cave formations
Hansen Cave-Introduction to Caving Tour
Cavers on the Introduction to Caving Tour admire magnificent formations.
View from the Timpanogos Cave Trail
The scenic view from the trail to the caves is one people often remember.
Along the Trail to the Caves
The trail to the cave leads the hiker past layer after layer of geologic time