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Hungary Hungary Show cave

Anna Cave

10 °C inside, all year.

Show caveStalactitesUnderground river

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Szenti Tamás · CC BY-SA 4.0

The descent

The entrance, at 287 m.

The real relief above Anna Cave, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

depth not publishedEntrance702 m1.0 kmvertical × 5.2depth not publishedEntrance702 m1.0 kmvertical × 11.2

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.

287m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

10°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

344m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

10 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 10 °C here, in January and in August. In July the afternoon reaches 27 °C at the entrance, 18 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket. The best months to escape the heat are from July to August. The wettest months are from May to July: water rises fast underground, so never go in without a guide after heavy rain.

outside, at the entrance (287 m)inside
  1. 0°-7°Jan
  2. 3°-5°Feb
  3. 10°-2°Mar
  4. 16°4°Apr
  5. 21°10°May
  6. 25°14°Jun
  7. 27°16°Jul
  8. 27°15°Aug
  9. 22°10°Sep
  10. 15°4°Oct
  11. 8°0°Nov
  12. 1°-5°Dec
Inside: 10 °C all yearEscape the heat: Jul–AugFrost outside: Dec–FebWettest: May–Jul

Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.

Cave in Lillafüred

Anna Cave is a show cave in Hungary. The entrance is at 287 m. It has an underground river and stalactites and stalagmites. It is open to visitors. It lies within Bükk National Park.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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The water

The Szinva-patak runs highest from March to July.

The Szinva-patak carries about 0.36 m³/s on average here. It runs highest from March to July.

  1. 0.2 m³/sJan
  2. 0.5 m³/sFeb
  3. 0.9 m³/sMar
  4. 0.7 m³/sApr
  5. 0.7 m³/sMay
  6. 0.6 m³/sJun
  7. 0.6 m³/sJul
  8. 0.4 m³/sAug
  9. 0.3 m³/sSep
  10. 0.4 m³/sOct
  11. 0.4 m³/sNov
  12. 0.2 m³/sDec

From about 0.16 m³/s in the lowest month to 0.90 m³/s in the highest. Its basin above this point covers 100 km².

The Szinva from source to mouth on Riveryas — coming soon

Estimate: long-term flow from the HydroATLAS model (WaterGAP, 1971–2000) shaped by the monthly rain, snow and temperature of the area (NASA POWER). Dams change it. Not a forecast.

From above.

The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.

The ground above Anna Cave (Sentinel-2) N 1.5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the entrance.

  • 99other cave entrances within 3 kmSzent István-barlang, Anna-barlang, Szeleta-barlang and 96 more
  • 17springs within 2 kmEszperantó-forrás, Hajnalka-forrás, Kaszás-réti visszafolyó (Eszter-forrás) and 14 more
  • 22sinkholes within 3 kmsuvadás and 21 more
  • 24viewpoints within 3 km"Légzőpont", Zsófia-kilátó, Szent István-kilátó and 21 more
  • 37marked hiking routes within 3 kmP (Eger – Miskolctapolca), S, Jubileumi körtúra, Kohászok útja (Mályinka – Miskolc) and 34 more
  • 2climbing crags within 3 kmHámori Sziklafal, Hámor
  • 7named waterfalls within 4 kmMésztufa vízesés, Időszakos vízesés, Mésztufa zúgó and 4 more
  • 15car parks within 2 km
  • 35information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • 13bus stops within 2 km
  • 5campsites within 8 kmBodnár Gábor Cserkésztábor, Turista Park Kemping, Hollóstetői Hegyi Kemping and 2 more
  • 46hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmErdővarázs Panzió, Bagolyvár Erdészeti Erdei Iskola, Sárga vendégház and 43 more
  • 10restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

  • Bükkszentkereszt4.3 km in a straight line
  • Diósgyőr4.4 km in a straight line
  • Varbó6.5 km in a straight line
  • Parasznya7.1 km in a straight line
  • Miskolctapolca10 km in a straight line
  • Sajóbábony11 km in a straight line
  • Kisgyőr11 km in a straight line
  • Miskolc11 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Anna Cave.

The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.

Peakyas9 mountains within 10 km
Dolka Hill · 1.4 kmGulicska · 1.9 kmHegyes-tető · 1.9 kmKis-dél · 4.3 kmNagy-Mész-tető · 4.4 kmBagoly-hegy · 5.0 kmTardonai-dombság · 6.4 kmElő-galya · 9.1 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather outside, at the entrance.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon03101621252727221581
Afternoon03101621252727221581
Night-7-5-24101416151040-5
Rain (mm)384041427279836255544645
Rainy days8881013131398899
Sun hours/day1.62.84.86.47.17.67.77.85.83.81.91.0
Snow on the ground (cm)161460000000515
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan00-7381.6
Feb33-5402.8
Mar1010-2414.8
Apr16164426.4
May212110727.1
Jun252514797.6
Jul272716837.7
Aug272715627.8
Sep222210555.8
Oct15154543.8
Nov880461.9
Dec11-5451.0

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (287 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Inside and around.

Anna-barlang2022b
Szenti Tamás · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lillafüred, Anna-barlang (1)
Palickap · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lillafüred, Anna-barlang (2)
Palickap · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202049%103%96%26%56%203%131%86%113%245%51%122%
2021130%134%38%127%114%15%97%119%61%35%140%122%
202219%33%72%138%38%40%43%72%187%28%88%192%
2023276%40%126%140%104%150%66%144%77%129%246%163%
2024120%89%72%117%70%104%25%44%109%68%38%35%
202550%36%160%69%49%10%44%60%76%48%121%15%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Caves nearby.

Anna Cave

Hungary

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 287 mEntrance altitude
  • 10 °CInside, all year

Szent István Cave

Hungary · 1 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 345 mEntrance altitude
  • 9 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Domica

Slovakia · 43 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 393 mEntrance altitude
  • 9 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Baradla cave

Hungary · 42 km

  • —Depth
  • 26 kmGalleries
  • 366 mEntrance altitude
  • 9 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q377657) · CC0
The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
River flow and basinHydroATLAS / RiverATLAS v1.0 (Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearbyCoastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.

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cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.You are here
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