Gruta dos Crioulos, Natural cave in São Paulo, Brazil

Gruta dos Crioulos is a cave in Campos do Jordão, São Paulo state, at 1,677 m elevation. A large rounded grey rock, mottled with lighter grey and white patches, overhangs a recess of reddish-brown earth to form a shallow shelter. The floor beneath is flat, dry and sandy, with a small wooden table or bench near the back right; ferns hang from the upper right edge of the opening, bushes border the left side and a grassy, mossy slope the right.

The source documents record no slavery history for Gruta dos Crioulos; that claim is unsupported. What is documented is its setting: a cave at 1,677 metres in the municipality of Campos do Jordão, São Paulo state, about 800 km from Brasília and 4.4 km north of the town of Campos do Jordão. The surrounding terrain is mountainous, rising to 1,839 metres within 1.6 km to the northeast.

The name Crioulos refers to Brazilians of African descent; the cave's name links it to that population, though the sources record no tradition or event tying them to the site. It lies in the municipality of Campos do Jordão, about 4.4 km from the town centre, at 1,677 m in the Serra da Mantiqueira.

The cave lies at 1,677 m elevation in Campos do Jordão municipality, São Paulo state, about 4.4 km north of the city of Campos do Jordão. The surrounding terrain is hilly, rising to 1,839 m within 1.6 km. The shelter floor is flat and dry sand, with a small wooden bench inside; the entrance area is bordered by bushes and a mossy slope.

Gruta dos Crioulos lies at 1,677 metres in the municipality of Campos do Jordão, about 4.4 km north of the town centre. The surrounding terrain is hilly, rising to 1,839 metres about 1.6 km to the southwest. The local climate is subtropical, averaging 15 °C, with March the warmest month at 17 °C and June the coolest at 12 °C.