Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Mammoth Cave is the longest-known cave system in the world. “There are caves that have larger rooms, but we are the longest,” Schroer said. “We are currently mapped at 426 miles.
Mammoth Cave, the longest known cave system in the world The following is a list of the longest caves in the United States per length (over 50 kilometres or 30 miles) of documented passageways. Many passageways are still being discovered; this list is based on the latest verifiable data. [ 1 ]
Orconectes pellucidus, the Mammoth Cave crayfish, [1] [2] is a freshwater crayfish native to karst landscapes in Kentucky and Tennessee in the United States. [ 1 ] The common name refers to the Mammoth Cave National Park , however it also occurs outside of the park. [ 1 ]
Mammoth Cave National Park has attracted visitors for thousands of years. Here’s why you should visit, too ... Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...
Established in 1941, Mammoth Cave National Park attracts about a half million visitors a year, ... Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us.
Salts Cave Archeological Site, near Munfordville, Kentucky, is a cave and archeological site which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] The cave is part of Mammoth Cave National Park. [2] It has also been known as West's Cave and as Old Salts Cave. It was listed for its information potential. [1]
Newly mapped and explored passages make Kentucky's Mammoth Cave even longer. Its known length now stands at 420 miles. ... Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...