Burn Ban - Level 1
Fires allowed in all designated fire pits and grills. Propane and gas grills allowed.
Crawford State Park Heritage Site
10381 Boundary Road, Metaline Falls, WA 99153
Crawford State Park is a 40-acre forested day use park home to Gardner Cave, one of Washington's longest limestone caves, offering easy access to an intriguing underground landscape.
Rules
- Dogs Allowed on Leash
- Fires Allowed in Designated Areas
Gardner Cave tours are closed for the season. Reservations for cave tours will be available in April.
To help ensure that your tour of Gardner Cave is safe and enjoyable, please keep in mind:
- Wear a light jacket or sweater. The cave temperature is 39 to 42 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Bring a flashlight. Although the cave is lit, extra lighting allows you to peer into corners and adds to your enjoyment.
- Flash photography is allowed.
- Do not touch the cave formations.
- Do not take pets into the cave.
- Smoking inside of the cave is not allowed.
Activities
Bird Watching
Hiking, Walking, Rolling and Running
Interpretive Activities
Amenities
Drinking Water
Restrooms
Picnic Shelters
Picnic Tables
Parking
Hiking Trails
Park features
Forest
Seasonal Wildflowers
Wildlife Viewing
Rules
- Dogs Allowed on Leash
- Fires Allowed in Designated Areas
Gardner Cave tours are closed for the season. Reservations for cave tours will be available in April.
To help ensure that your tour of Gardner Cave is safe and enjoyable, please keep in mind:
- Wear a light jacket or sweater. The cave temperature is 39 to 42 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Bring a flashlight. Although the cave is lit, extra lighting allows you to peer into corners and adds to your enjoyment.
- Flash photography is allowed.
- Do not touch the cave formations.
- Do not take pets into the cave.
- Smoking inside of the cave is not allowed.
Map & visitor guide
48.99487305, -117.3695755
Gardner Cave tour reservations
Tucked away in the northeast corner of Washington, near the U.S.-Canada and Washington-Idaho borders, Crawford State Park is an unassuming day-use park – on the surface. But a tour of Gardner Cave reveals an underworld of deep geologic history. Hailed as a "natural wonder" by the 1911 federal land survey that mapped it, Gardner Cave is not only one of Washington's longest caves, it offers easy access and one of the most intriguing underground landscapes in the western U.S. The cave is over 500 million years old and measures approximately 2,072 feet long and 295 feet deep. Its floors, ceilings and walls are rich with stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone and rimstone pools. These features, which your interpretive guide will teach you to recognize, are illuminated by electric lighting. Visitors are recommended to wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes. There is a steep, 200 yard walk from the parking lot to the cave entrance with several flights of stairs in the cave.
Crawford State Park is open seasonally from May 15 through September 15. Free cave tours take place Thursday through Monday at 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m..
Day use
While the Gardner Cave tour is the main feature of the park, there is one sheltered picnic table and seven unsheltered picnic tables for visitors to enjoy. There are two small barbecue stands available to use as well. There is a short walking trail (approximately one half mile) that leads to the Canadian border just north of the park.
For questions outside of the park's operating season, please call the Mount Spokane office at (509) 238-4258.
