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Wind Cave National Park is a national park of the United States located 10 miles (16 km) north of the town of Hot Springs in western South Dakota.Established on January 3, 1903 [3] by President Theodore Roosevelt, it was the sixth national park in the U.S. and the first cave to be designated a national park anywhere in the world.
The Wind Cave National Park Administrative and Utility Area Historic District comprises the central portion of Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota.The district centers on the historic entrance to Wind Cave, which is surrounded by park administrative and interpretive structures, most of which were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.
A park ranger points to a map of Wind Cave. ... Wind Cave National Park played an important role in helping save bison from extinction with the reintroduction of 14 bison from the Bronx Zoo in 1913.
The entrance of Wind Cave in South Dakota, US A breathing cave or barometric cave is a rare type of cave in which atmospheric pressure gradients between the inside and outside of a cave cause air to flow in to or out of the cave.
Wind Cave National Park: 0.000: 0.000: US 385 – Wind Cave, Hot Springs, Custer, Jewel Cave: Southern terminus: Custer State Park: 17.810: 28.662: US 16A west – Stockade Lake, Custer, Jewel Cave Nat'l Mon. Southern end of US 16A concurrency: 19.298: 31.057: US 16A east – Visitor Center, State Game Lodge, Mount Rushmore: Northern end of US ...
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]
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