Welcome to the Boston Grotto

We are one of the oldest grottos of the National Speleological Society. This site has information about the Boston Grotto, information about caving, and lots of pictures of caves from around the country that Grotto members have visited.

Click on the logo to see our patches

Boston Grotto
P.O. Box 380304
Harvard Square Station
Cambridge, MA 02138-0304

We meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at M.I.T's Stata Center in Cambridge, except on major holidays. Meetings are open to all. Click here for details.

We publish a bimonthly newsletter, The Massachusetts Caver. Members also have access to all our past issues as well as other material in the Grotto library.

For general information, see the Introduction to Caving with the Boston Grotto by Kevin Harris.

To reach a person contact one of the following:

General information, meetings, about caving, etc.
Membership information, changes
Upcoming trips
Newsletter submissions, comments
Web site

Yet more information:

Caving Trips

To go caving, come to our monthly meeting and join one of our trips. We have a trip calendar and signup sheet and beginners coming on one of our trips can borrow equipment for a weekend.