In light of these challenges, Friends of Mammoth Cave is making an appeal for public support. They stress that even modest ...

Though cave tours at the Mammoth Cave National Park have been suspended, visitors can still access campgrounds and trails.

Beneath the surface of an otherwise unassuming National Park, a labyrinth showcases hundreds of millions of years of geologic history. Each shade of tan layered on the walls represents a different era ...

Signs inside the National Park's Visitor Center say that cave trails will not resume until the government shutdown ends.

A national park created an ad out of visitors’ criticisms after it was ranked “one of the most disappointing U.S. attractions.” Mammoth Cave National Park is trying to lure tourists by quoting ...

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An explorer of the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky who died 100 years ago is credited with the creation of the national park. A national park in Kentucky has the longest known cave system in the world ...

Mammoth Cave, the world's longest known cave system, stretches 426 miles under Kentucky. The cave's limestone began forming 330 million years ago when the region was submerged under an ocean. Visitors ...