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US 31W passes within 0.5 miles (0.80 km) of an entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park near Park City, after crossing I-65 again, this time without direct access to the freeway. The highway travels through Cave City as Duke Highway while crossing two major state routes, KY 90 in the southern outskirts, and then KY 70 in downtown. [6]
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 ...
Illinois Caverns is a state natural area in the New Design Precinct of Monroe County, Illinois. It features Illinois Caverns which is alternatively known as Mammoth Cave of Illinois (also Burksville Cave, Egyptian Cave, Eckert Cave). Illinois Caverns is the second-largest cave in Illinois and has more than 9.6 km of passages. [1]
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: 152.517: 245.452: KY 2325 south (Silent Grove Church Road) Northern terminus of KY 2325: 157.617: 253.660: 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 ...
Houchin's Ferry Road is a secondary roadway located in Edmonson County in west-central Kentucky.County road logs list this road as CR-1004 and CR-1005. Most of the road is maintained by the National Park Service, but portions of the road outside of Mammoth Cave National Park are being maintained by the Edmonson County Road Department.
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Mammoth Cave Campground: Campground and Caver's Camp Store: 8.2: 13.2: Mammoth Cave Hotel Road: Mammoth Cave Hotel Entrance: 8.3: 13.4: Flint Ridge Road east – Dennison Ferry: Connects to KY 218; Flint Ridge Road closed during winter months: 8.4: 13.5: Mammoth Cave Tours/Visitor's Center Woodland Cottages: Northern terminus in the Visitor's ...