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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.
US 16 is also known as Mount Rushmore Road in western South Dakota. The highway enters South Dakota east of Newcastle, Wyoming. It travels near Jewel Cave, the fourth-longest cave in the world. [2] The highway goes through the city of Custer and shares alignment with US 385. East of Hill City, US 16 splits off US 385.
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]
The road, like several other scenic roads in the Black Hills, was originally laid out by Governor Peter Norbeck, specifically to create a very scenic, slow-speed road for tourists. The section of US 16A from SD 89 to SD 244 is known as the Peter Norbeck Memorial Byway in honor of the governor.
The Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway is a National Scenic Byway in the Black Hills National Forest in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of South Dakota.It is a loop which is composed of portions of U.S. Route 16A (US 16A), South Dakota Highway 244 (SD 244), SD 87, and SD 89.
On August 24, 2000, a motorist, later identified as Janice Stevenson of Newcastle, Wyoming, stopped to use the bathroom on the side of U.S. Highway 16 near Jasper Cave Road, just west of Jewel Cave. She lit a cigarette and threw the lit match on the ground, which ignited the grass. Reportedly, Stevenson noticed the fire and drove away. [4]
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.