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Jewel Cave National Monument contains Jewel Cave, currently the fifth longest cave in the world and second longest cave in the United States, with 220.01 miles (354.07 km) of mapped passageways as of May 2024. [3] [4] [5] It is located approximately 13 miles (21 km) west of the town of Custer in Black Hills of South Dakota.
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: Jewel Cave National Monument: 3 Wind Cave: 266.8 km (165.8 mi) [6]
Jewel Cave National Monument: 6 Wind Cave: 266.8 km (165.8 mi) [11] near Hot Springs, South Dakota, United States 1881 Wind Cave National Park: 7 ...
Jewel Cave Ranger Station survived the fire. The fire burned 1,279 acres (518 ha), [9] about 90% of the entire area, of Jewel Cave National Monument. However, firefighting measures were effective enough that no structures inside the park were lost. [13]
Ape Cave – Washington (state); Bandera Volcano Ice Cave – New Mexico; Cheese Cave – Washington (state); Indian Tunnel lava tube (and more than 250 other examples) in Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, Idaho [9]
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In the background Herb's maps of the cave. In 1959, geologist, mountaineer and caver Dwight Deal had done some exploration in a small cave called Jewel Cave, a little known monument in the National Park System. He needed some companions who might help him continue his exploration trips there and turned to his friends, Herb and Jan.
Lava Beds National Monument; Mercer Caverns; Mitchell Caverns; Moaning Cavern; Mud Caves; ... Jewel Cave; Rushmore Cave; Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns; Wind Cave ...