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  2. Mammoth Cave National Park - Wikipedia

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    Tourists inside the cave. The park's mission is stated in its foundation document: [7] The purpose of Mammoth Cave National Park is to preserve, protect, interpret, and study the internationally recognized biological and geologic features and processes associated with the longest known cave system in the world, the park’s diverse forested karst landscape, the Green and Nolin rivers, and ...

  3. File:Stephen Bishop 1842 Map of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky - Hi ...

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  4. Stephen Bishop (cave explorer) - Wikipedia

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    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 memory off-site in 1842, was included in a ...

  5. Worth the drive: These 5 natural monuments in Kentucky you ...

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    According to the National Park Foundation it’s Mammoth Cave and it sits in south central Kentucky. Mammoth Cave is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and 10 miles inside the cave are open to the ...

  6. You have to look beneath the surface to fully appreciate ...

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    Mammoth Cave is located about 30 minutes outside Bowling Green, Kentucky by car. According to the park’s website, prehistoric seas deposited limestone in the area around 325 million years ago.

  7. Whigpistle Cave System - Wikipedia

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    The Whigpistle Cave System is a large cave near Mammoth Cave, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.The system, composed of the interconnected Whigpistle, Martin Ridge, and Jackpot Caves, has been mapped to over 66 kilometers (41 mi), and is currently the United States' thirteenth-longest cave.

  8. National Register of Historic Places listings in Edmonson ...

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    Off Kentucky Route 70 in Mammoth Cave National Park 37°11′02″N 86°05′56″W  /  37.183889°N 86.098889°W  / 37.183889; -86.098889  ( Hercules and Coach Mammoth Cave

  9. Green River (Kentucky) - Wikipedia

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    Green River is now free-flowing throughout Mammoth Cave National Park though water levels are impacted by releases from Green River Lake upstream. This has allowed for increased canoeing and kayaking opportunities from Nolin Dam to Brownsville, and has added more land to the National Park on the west bank of Green River.