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Carter Caves State Resort Park is located in Carter County, Kentucky, United States, along Tygarts Creek. It is formed by Carter Caves, and nearby Cascade Caves, which were added to the park in 1959. [3] On December 16, 1981, 146 acres (59 ha) of the park were designated as nature preserves.
Bat Cave was dedicated as part of the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves system on December 16, 1981, for the protection of the Indiana bat with wintering numbers estimated at 28,000. The Cascade Caverns preserve was included to protect two rare plant species in Kentucky, the mountain maple and the Canadian yew. [1] [2]
Year round, Carter Caves State Resort Park, near Olive Hill, has a little bit of something for everyone. ... “We offer two cave tours year round, and that’s Cascade and X-Cave,” he explained ...
Carter Caves State Resort Park: Carter County [3] Park: 1,600 acres (6.5 km 2) Lake: 45 acres (0.18 km 2) Cumberland Falls State Resort Park: Whitley County [3] 1,657 acres (6.7 km 2) Dale Hollow Lake State Park: Cumberland County: Park: 3,398 acres (14 km 2) Lake: 27,700 acres (112 km 2) [6] General Butler State Resort Park: Carroll County [3 ...
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Bat Cave; Carter Caves State Park; Cascade Caverns; Colossal Cavern; Diamond Caverns; Eleven Jones Cave; Fisher Ridge Cave System; Glover's Cave; Goochland Cave; Great Onyx Cave; Great Saltpetre Cave; Horse Cave also known as "Hidden River Cave" Lost River Cave; Mammoth Cave; Martin Ridge Cave System; Oligo-Nunk Cave System
Saltpeter Cave, in Carter Caves State Resort Park near Olive Hill, Kentucky. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1] It has also been known as Swingle's Cave and as Swindell's Cave. It is a limestone cave with 3.05 kilometres (1.90 mi) of measured length. It has served as a saltpeter, or niter, mine, by the early ...
Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserves; C. Carter Caves State Resort Park; G. Grayson Lake; Grayson Lake State Park; S. Saltpeter Cave; T. Tygarts State ...