Explore Mammoth Cave National Park, the longest cave system on Earth, featuring the richest known habitat for cave wildlife in the world. It may be difficult to think of caves as spacious and grand, ...
Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system in the world that we know about. More than 400 miles (643km) of the network have already been explored, and geologists believe there’s hundreds more miles ...
While Sand Cave is not part of the Mammoth Cave system, Collins’ entrapment and the widespread attention it generated brought the area “back to the consciousness and got it on the list ...
The surface of Mammoth Cave National Park encompasses about 80 square miles. No one knows how big the underside is. More than 365 miles of the five-level cave system have been mapped, and new ...
continue to threaten Mammoth Cave’s biodiversity, vistas and visitors’ health. Situated in south-central Kentucky, this extensive cave system faces challenges stemming from coal-fired power plants and ...
Floyd Collins entered Sand Cave a century ago today to explore its prospects as a visitor site and became trapped in a passageway not much wider than his chest, dislodging a 27-pound rock that pinned ...
MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. — During a late January tour of Mammoth Cave, the guide clapped his hands, and the already dim lights went out. He had brought our group to a stop in a flat area – like a small plaza ...
“But you know, World War I happens, and people kind of forget about it.” While Sand Cave is not part of the Mammoth Cave system, Collins’ entrapment and the widespread attention it generated brought ...