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Bulgaria Bulgaria Show cave

Yagodinska (cave)

10 °C inside, all year.

Show caveStalactites

See the descentHow to visit

Gogotoooo · CC BY-SA 4.0

The descent

The entrance, at 992 m.

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

depth not publishedEntrance1,670 m1.0 kmvertical × 3.3depth not publishedEntrance1,670 m1.0 kmvertical × 7.1

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.

992m

Entrance altitude

from the 30 m relief model

10°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

518m

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 August the afternoon reaches 28 °C at the entrance, 18 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket. The best months to escape the heat are from July to August.

outside, at the entrance (992 m)inside
  1. 3°-5°Jan
  2. 5°-4°Feb
  3. 9°-1°Mar
  4. 14°3°Apr
  5. 19°8°May
  6. 24°12°Jun
  7. 28°14°Jul
  8. 28°14°Aug
  9. 22°10°Sep
  10. 16°5°Oct
  11. 10°1°Nov
  12. 4°-3°Dec
Inside: 10 °C all yearEscape the heat: Jul–AugFrost outside: Dec–Feb

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 Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

Yagodinska (cave) is a show cave in Bulgaria. The entrance is at 992 m. It has stalactites and stalagmites. It is open to visitors.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there.

  • Show cave: open to visitorsUsually with a guided tour; check times and tickets on the official site.
  • Gyovrennearest town · 5.4 km in a straight line
  • Parking 90 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
  • Орлово окоnearest viewpoint · 1.8 km from the entrance
  • Plovdiv International Airport (PDV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 65 km in a straight lineCar hire at PDV airport (Plovdiv)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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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 Yagodinska (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.

  • 4other cave entrances within 3 kmЯгодинска пещера, Курудеренска проходна пещера, Курудеренска проходна and 1 more
  • 3viewpoints within 3 kmОрлово око
  • 7marked hiking routes within 3 kmЯгодинска пещера – х. Триградски скали – х.Чаирски езера – х. Ледницата, European long distance path E8 - part Bulgaria, Дяволска екопътека - голям кръг and 4 more
  • 1named waterfalls within 4 kmСкритите водопади
  • 2car parks within 2 km
  • 2information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • 27hotels and guesthouses within 8 kmх.Триградски скали, Семеен хотел Аркан Хан, Триград, Хижа Тешел and 24 more
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • springs within 2 km
  • sinkholes within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km
  • climbing crags within 3 km
  • bus stops within 2 km
  • campsites within 8 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

  • Gyovren5.4 km in a straight line
  • Borino7.1 km in a straight line
  • Devin14 km in a straight line
  • Dospat14 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Yagodinska (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.

Peakyas6 mountains within 10 km
Orlovo Oko (Eagles eye) · 1.8 kmVidenitsa1,515 m · 3.9 kmDurdabak1,538 m · 4.3 kmPernedar Tepe1,383 m · 8.1 kmDoortlu1,333 m · 8.8 kmKuzlar1,541 m · 9.6 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
Afternoon35914192428282216104
Afternoon35914192428282216104
Night-5-4-1381214141051-3
Rain (mm)584656495962433048535065
Rainy days99101012118677810
Sun hours/day3.94.75.46.37.68.79.99.67.35.74.43.5
Snow on the ground (cm)151493000001413
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan33-5583.9
Feb55-4464.7
Mar99-1565.4
Apr14143496.3
May19198597.6
Jun242412628.7
Jul282814439.9
Aug282814309.6
Sep222210487.3
Oct16165535.7
Nov10101504.4
Dec44-3653.5

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (992 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Inside and around.

Yagodinska Cave, cave pearls
https://www.flickr.com/photos/86624586@N00/ · CC BY 2.0
Yagodina cave P0078
Phoenixfund-bg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Peshterni perli
Gogotoooo · Public domain

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
202021%106%141%172%105%146%33%105%38%102%32%212%
2021251%117%97%123%95%81%20%73%59%232%54%220%
202268%149%47%112%42%138%65%224%55%11%102%62%
2023217%51%43%173%105%74%80%46%33%21%156%88%
202462%47%100%80%114%36%70%83%82%13%113%203%
202541%50%106%101%112%21%52%62%10%174%228%69%

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

Caves nearby.

Yagodinska (cave)

Bulgaria

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

Devil's Throat Cave

Bulgaria · 4 km

  • —Depth
  • 1.0 kmGalleries
  • 1,198 mEntrance altitude
  • 8 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Uhlovitsa Cave

Bulgaria · 30 km

  • —Depth
  • 0.5 kmGalleries
  • 1,040 mEntrance altitude
  • 10 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Snezhanka cave

Bulgaria · 42 km

  • 18 mDepth
  • 0.4 kmGalleries
  • 770 mEntrance altitude
  • 10 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q12299619) · 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
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.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit
cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.You are here
dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Coming soonVisit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Coming soonVisit
forestsForestyaEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit