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2. Mammoth Cave National Park - Wikipedia

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   1981 (5th Session) Mammoth Cave National Park is a national park of the United States in south-central Kentucky. It encompasses portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system in the world. The park's 52,830 acres (21,380 ha) are located primarily in Edmonson County, with small areas extending eastward into Hart and Barren counties.

3. Stephen Bishop (cave explorer) - Wikipedia

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   Exploration and mapping of Mammoth Cave. Stephen Bishop (c. 1821 – 1857) was an American cave explorer and self-taught geologist known for being one of the first people to explore and map Mammoth Cave in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Mammoth Cave is regarded as the longest cave system in the world and Bishop's map of the cave, hand-drawn from ...

4. Mammoth Cave (Utah) - Wikipedia

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   Mammoth Cave is a lava tube located on the Markagunt Plateau in the Dixie National Forest of Southern Utah, and is one of the largest lava tubes in Utah. The cave has over 2,200 feet (670 m) of passage and is about a quarter mile (400 m) long. It was formed by cooling lava and water less than 2,000 years ago. Due to moisture and its elevation ...

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   The first known formal tour of Mammoth Cave was given in 1816, long before it became part of the National Park Service in 1941. One of Mammoth Cave’s most famous early guides was an enslaved man ...

6. Mammoth Cave National Park excitedly reveals 'longest cave in ...

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   Newly mapped and explored passages make Kentucky's Mammoth Cave even longer. Its known length now stands at 420 miles. Mammoth Cave National Park excitedly reveals 'longest cave in the world is ...

7. List of longest caves in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Mammoth Cave National Park, also a World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve. Longest cave in the world. 2. Jewel Cave. 353.69 km (219.8 mi) [4][5] near Custer, South Dakota. 43°43′46″N 103°49′46″W  /  43.72944°N 103.82944°W  / 43.72944; -103.82944  (Jewel Cave) Jewel Cave National Monument. 3.

8. Kentucky Route 255 - Wikipedia

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   Kentucky Route 255. KY 70 in Mammoth Cave National Park. Kentucky Route 255 ( KY 255) is a 16.977-mile-long (27.322 km) south-north state highway located in south central Kentucky. It provides access to Interstate 65 and Mammoth Cave National park to residents of southern Barren County.

9. Kentucky Route 70 - Wikipedia

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   Mammoth Cave Parkway north – Visitor Center/Cave Tours: Main entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park; beginning of concurrency with Mammoth Cave Parkway: 160.117: 257.683: Mammoth Cave Parkway / KY 255 south to I-65 south – Park City: End concurrency with Mammoth Cave Parkway; begin concurrency with KY 255: Barren: Highland Springs: 161.890 ...