| Facilities: Timpanogos Cave National Monument provides a visitor's center with restrooms, drinking water, and pay phones. Best Time To Visit: The cave and cave trail are open from mid-May to mid-October, weather permitting. Fees: Entrance into American Fork Canyon is necessary to reach Timpanogos Cave National Monument. The canyon is administered by the Uinta National Forest, and an entrance fee per vehicle is charged. The National Parks Pass permits entrance into American Fork Canyon ONLY to visit Timpanogos Cave National Monument. A Golden Eagle Pass, National Parks Pass with the additional hologram sticker, or a purchased canyon pass is required to recreate in the surrounding National Forest. Golden Eagle, Age and Access Passports are honored at the American Fork Canyon entrance station. Additional fees are charged for cave tours. Purchasing your cave tour tickets in advance is recommended. To purchase a ticket call the Visitor Center at (801) 756-5238 during the business hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.Accessibility: The visitor center, snack bar/gift shop, restrooms, picnic areas, and drinking fountains are wheelchair accessible. Because of the steep incline of the cave trail and the narrow passages in the caves, wheelchair access to the caves is not possible. However, a 45-minute video of an actual cave tour is shown upon request at the visitor center. A 22-minute closed-captioned orientation video is also shown in the visitor center. Rules: For safety, pets and wheeled vehicles (baby strollers) are not allowed on the cave trail. Allow three hours round trip for the hike and cave tour and come prepared with hiking shoes, a light jacket or sweatshirt (cave temperatures are forty-five degrees), and plenty of drinking water. Directions: To reach Timpanogos Cave National Monument from Provo, take I-15 north and take exit 287 (Alpine-Highland exit), then turn east on Highway 92 and proceed ten miles to the monument. Map: Click here for a map to Timpanogos Cave National Monument Reservations: Reservations are not needed or accepted for Timpanogos Cave National Monument. | 
