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Mercer Caverns is closed on Thanksgiving day and Christmas day. Reservations. School and other group reservations may be made in advance by calling the caverns directly at (209) 728-2101 or 728-2378. Admission prices. $22.00 for adults and $16.00 for children ages 3-12 years. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more people.
Mercer Caverns is a show cave located one mile north of Murphys in Calaveras County California. [1] It is named after the gold prospector Walter J. Mercer who discovered the caves around 1885 and filed a claim. [2] The caverns have a large number of speleothems, stalactites, and stalagmites. It is formed in a marble unit known as the Calaveras ...
Offers 45-minute guided tour. Includes photo gallery, history, maps, admission fees, discount coupon, hours, links and contact information. Located near Murphys.
Mercer Caverns is spectacular! It is 16 STORIES deep, something like 2500+ steps down and then back up again, in some places pretty steep. It was challenging for me, as I don't like staircases (fear of falling).
Just 5 miles outside the town of Murphy’s, the Mercer Caverns is one of the better caves in California which you can explore. It has beautiful but unusual crystalline formations and is famous for the rare Aragonite flos feri. It is also the longest continually operating commercial cavern in the state of California.
Mercer Caverns, one of three caves in Calaveras County, is open for guided tours, year round. See deep underground in this cavern filled with a large array of cave formations like stalactities, stalagmites and flowstones.
On Sept. 1, 1985, Mercer Caverns celebrated the 100th anniversary of its discovery by Walter J. Mercer. Between October and November 1985, Bruce Rogers, USGS, Charmaine Legge, and Paul Decker, all of the Golden Gate Grotto of the National Speleological Society, mapped the caverns for the very first time in its 100 year modern history.
Mercer Caverns has been welcoming visitors for cave tours for over 125 years. Mercer Caverns is located near the historic gold mining town of Murphys in the heart of the California Gold Country.
Mercer Caverns is a set of caves in limestone formations which were turned into a tourist attraction in the late 19th century. There are several others in the area, some discovered when people were looking for gold in the region during and after the Gold Rush.