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	Mammoth Cave National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The park was established as a national park on July 1, 1941.
		In 1906, Mammoth Cave became accessible by steamboat with the construction of a lock and dam at Brownsville, Kentucky.
		Caves of Mammoth's type form as water from the surface seeks the level of the surface streams which drain them: in Mammoth Cave's case, the Green River to the north.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mammoth_Cave_National_Park (4879 words)

	Pollution and Mammoth Cave National Park
		Mammoth Cave has some of the highest levels of particulate pollution of any national park.
		Established in 1941, Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky is a geologic wonder.
		Scientists are beginning to investigate whether ozone exposure in the park reduces growth in black cherry and sycamore trees, both ozone-sensitive species that provide key nesting grounds for an endangered species, the Indiana bat.
	www.npca.org /across_the_nation/visitor_experience/code_red/fact_sheets/mammoth_cave.asp (418 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park
		The surface of Mammoth Cave National Park encompasses about 80 square miles.
		Mammoth, the world's largest known cave system, a United Nations World Heritage site and the core area of an International Biosphere Reserve, still is as "grand, gloomy, and peculiar" as it was when Stephen Bishop, a young slave and early guide, described it.
		Under a swath of Kentucky hills and hollows is a limestone labyrinth that became the heartland of a national park.
	www.national-parks.biz /national_park/mammoth_cave (355 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park
		Many cave areas are only accessible to professionals, but some 10 miles of the cave system is covered on the several tours which are provided by the National Park Service.
		Bishop explored and discovered many parts of the cave, and is credited with the discovery of the underground river system, including the River Styx, which is an essential part of the cave, as well as Mammoth Dome and many other parts of the cave.
		Of course, the main reason for the existence of the park is the elaborate and spectacular cave system with about 350 miles of underground passages.
	www.shannontech.com /ParkVision/MammothCave/MammothCave.html (1101 words)

	Show Caves of the United States: Mammoth Cave National Park
		Mammoth Cave National Park was established to preserve the cave.
		4,000 BP Ancient artifacts and well preserved human mummies found in Mammoth indicate that people began venturing into the cave.
		Cave sediments with abundant quantities of nitrate, an essential ingredient of gunpowder, were mined by slaves during the war.
	www.showcaves.com /english/usa/showcaves/Mammoth.html (632 words)

	Travel USA Travel - Mammoth Cave National Park - USA Tourist
		Mammoth Caves was one of the first areas to join the national park system, in 1916, with only 40 miles of mapped passages.
		They are all connected to the Mammoth underground system but may not be as well maintained as the park caves.
		Western Kentucky is known as the land of a thousand sinkholes, with Mammoth National Park being at the center.
	www.usatourist.com /english/places/kentucky/mammoth.html (1061 words)

	National Park Service's World Heritage Sites: Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
		National Park Service's World Heritage Sites: Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
		Mammoth Cave is the most extensive cave system in the world, with more than 365 surveyed miles of cave passageways, perhaps as much still to be discovered.
		The flora and fauna of Mammoth Cave is the richest cavernicolous wildlife known; of the more than 130 species documented in the cave, 12 are eyeless, unpigmented cave dwellers such as fish, crayfish, beetles, and harvestmen.
	www.cr.nps.gov /worldheritage/mammoth.htm (207 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park Information Page
		Mammoth Cave National Park was authorized as a national park in 1926 and was fully established 01 July 1941.
		Mammoth Cave National Park's 52,700 acres constitute one of the greatest protectors of biological diversity in Kentucky.
		In Mammoth Cave National Park, this slow adaption to local environments is reflected in an increase in the number and types of artifacts, especially spear points, found from the Middle Archaic period (6000-3000 BC).
	www.mammoth.cave.national-park.com /info.htm (5684 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park - Kentucky Caving
		In 1941 Mammoth Cave National Park was established to preserve its maze of passages, cavernous domes and pits, underground rivers and lakes, unusual animals and plants, beautiful navigable rivers, and rugged topography.
		Mammoth Cave National Park is home to more than 200 species of birds, making it one of the best sites for birding in the United States.
		Besides more common park inhabitants such as the great blue heron, the red-tailed hawk, the spotted sandpiper, and the belted kingfisher, Mammoth also receives a number of rare visitors: the snow goose, the double-crested cormorant, the bald eagle, the osprey, and the snowy owl.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/ky_mammo.htm (1015 words)

	Rv Trip - Kentucky/Tennessee: Mammoth Cave National Park National Park, June 2003
		Very few features associated with caves are here because of the relatively young age of the cave as well as the force of the water which, when flooding, would eliminate whatever had taken hold on the walls and floors.
		By highlighting the pollution history of the cave and the town (groundwater contamination and poor water treatment), the tour guide was able to bring home the point that everything we do has an effect on everything else.
		The trail in the cave crosses over the river and, at times of high water, the tours are cancelled.
	www.olfarts.org /rving_te0306-mammoth_cave_national_park.htm (937 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park Lodging, dining, shopping, cave tours
		Mammoth Cave is also one of few National Parks with over 30 miles of scenic, meandering rivers running though it, offering two of the few operating rural ferries in the nation, a riverboat ride and year-round canoeing, boating and fishing opportunities.
		Mammoth Cave National Park is the #1 tourist attraction in the state of Kentucky and has over 350 miles of known passageways making it the longest cave system in the world.
		Even though Mammoth Cave is the Park's most renowned feature, the Park also includes over 52,000 acres of beautiful hills, bluffs and forests and is home to an enormous diversity of plants and animals and a rich cultural heritage tracing back over 4,000 years.
	foreverlodging.com /destination.cfm?PropertyKey=71 (438 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park - Park Summary
		Before its establishment in 1941 as a National Park, Mammoth Cave was well known throughout the country by the early 1800s and soon thereafter around the world as a natural wonder.
		A variety of cave tours are available through the National Park Service.
		The longest recorded caving system in the world at 348 miles, Mammoth Caves still holds many secrets, for the scientific community estimates she's squirreled away another 600 miles under her earthen covers.
	www.mybigadventure.com /index.php?action=Stats&stat=Parks&date=20041106&page=10 (464 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park
		Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park was authorized as a national park in 1926 and was fully established in 1941.
		However, above the caves is a forest of 52,000 acres with over 73 miles of trails which wend and wind over hills, along rivers and streams, atop bluffs and ridges and around sinkholes.
		I have taken a number of the cave tours and the sights they display are wondrous.
	home.comcast.net /~cmorhiker/MammothCave.html (268 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park
		Mammoth Cave was a long-time Native American habitation before it was explored by Kentucky pioneers in 1799.
		cave - cave, a cavity in the earth's surface usually large enough for a person to enter.
		During the War of 1812, saltpeter was mined in the cave for gunpowder.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/us/A0831445.html (303 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park - Kentucky
		As a national park, World Heritage Site, and International Biosphere Reserve, Mammoth Cave is recognized worldwide as a unique and exemplary karst resource.
		Prehistoric people scraped minerals from the cave walls between 2,000 and 4,000 years ago, and left behind slippers, gourds, and torch sticks that are perfectly preserved in the cave’s constant environment.
		Cave tours are offered year round, ranging from an easy ¼-mile stroll to 5 miles of crawling, climbing, and sliming.
	www.nomadjournaltrips.com /mammoth_cave (300 words)

	Hotels near Mammoth Cave National Park
		Knights Inn Cave City KY Cave City, KY This hotel is less than a mile from Dinosaur World, and just seven miles from Mammoth Cave National Park.
		Cave City, KY Mammoth Cave National Park 8 miles, Horse Cave Theater, and Barren River State Park 20 miles.
		Ramada Ltd Cave City Ky Cave City, KY Located less than two miles from Guntown Mountain Amusement Park, this hotel is 12 miles from Mammoth Cave National Park.
	www.expedia.co.uk /daily/hotels/Kentucky/MammothCaveNationalPark.asp (375 words)

	USNews.com: Culture: Mammoth Cave National Park
		Mammoth Cave National Park is a 11/2-hour drive from Louisville, Ky., or longer if you take the tree-lined scenic route past Lincoln's birthplace of Hodgenville–and about the same from Nashville.
		Accommodations are available in the characterless but convenient Mammoth Cave Hotel, right in the park, or in nearby Cave City.
		Park information and tour reservations are at nps.gov/maca The park doesn't charge entry fees, but cave tours cost from $4 to $46.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/culture/articles/050625/25caveweb.htm?track=rss (192 words)

	L.L.Bean: Park Search - Mammoth Cave National Park
		L.L.Bean: Park Search - Mammoth Cave National Park
		Public tours began in 1816 and the area won national park status in 1941.
		It is the longest known cave in the world; 360 miles of its passageways have been mapped and surveyed to date.
	www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/2096gd.htm (253 words)

	3-D Geology of Mammoth Cave National Park
		Mammoth Cave was authorized as a national park in 1926.
		The region around the cave became a World Heritage Site in 1981, then an International Biosphere Reserve in 1990.
		The cavern experienced a period of saltpeter mining during the War of 1812 era, then early exploitation of the cave for tourism began in 1816.
	3dparks.wr.usgs.gov /mammoth2/html/3d012.html (128 words)

	PART IV WILDERNESS IN MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK
		Mammoth Cave National Park occupies a portion of the Mammoth Cave Plateau and the Hilly Country to the north of the Green River.
		As with most of our national parks, Mammoth Cave Park has been submitted to a variety of pressures for development of one kind or another, gradually eroding the natural conditions which the park was established to preserve.
		The perennial underground streams in Mammoth Cave National Park are fed primarily by water collected on the Sinkhole Plain to the south of the Dripping Springs escarpment.
	www.caves.org /section/ccms/Wild/PARTIVWI.htm (7984 words)

	KOA Kompass - Mammoth Cave National Park
		Awaiting your exploration is Mammoth Cave National Park, which encompasses the world’s largest cave system: some 380 miles of underground passages.
		“A visit to Mammoth Cave National Park is basically a way of seeing just small fragments – the easily-traversed fragments – and at the most you see about seven miles of passage of over 350 miles total.
		The closest KOA to Mammoth is the Horse Cave KOA.
	www.koa.com /updates/2004december/mammoth.htm (844 words)

	Motorcycle Tour to Mammoth Cave National Park and Corvette Museum Kentucky - Motorcycle Cruiser
		The Duncan Hines loop then peels off to the north and weaves around Mammoth Cave National Park, while 31W continues in a more easterly fashion to other historically important structures and cave sites galore.
		Mammoth Cave is situated in the south central part of the state, so I charted my journey from Bowling Green, which is about 45 minutes south of the cave.
		Leaving the park isn't a straightforward affair because youÂ’re presented with several different temptations--the Cordell Hull Scenic Byway begins at the south entrance as Route 70 and jogs south 50 miles all the way to the Tennessee state line.
	www.motorcyclecruiser.com /rideanddest/mammoth_cave_national_park_kentucky (1161 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park - Lexington, KY - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		Mammoth Cave is one of the most haunted placed in the U.S. However, the park service doesn't promote it as such.
		Mammoth Cave is the largest system of caves in the entire world, with 330 miles of passageways on five levels.
		The cave rock itself is over 350 million years old, though the first passageways are not nearly that old.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=40698 (2754 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Mammoth Cave National Park at Epinions.com
		Mammoth Cave doesn’t charge any general entry fee to get into the park (at least, that’s how it was when I last visited).
		This system of caves was created millions of years ago when waterways navigated through the limestone deposits, making their way to larger rivers.
		The temperature in most of these caves ranges from about 50 degrees to 65, so you need to be prepared for a drop in temperature when you enter a cave.
	www.epinions.com /content_85955153540 (1194 words)

	NPCA Destination Finder
		Beneath the sandstone-capped ridges of Mammoth Cave National Park lies the most extensive known cave system on Earth, with over 350 miles of passageway mapped and surveyed.
		Today, science seeks to plumb the unknown through ongoing mapping, testing, and exploration, yet with an abiding awareness of the sentiment of one of the old cave guides: "the Cave is not soon to give up its last, deepest secret."
		The Green River Ferry and the Houchins Ferry are among the few operating rural ferries left in the nation.
	syndication.getoutdoors.com /finder?id=npca&national_park=37 (160 words)

	Paddling Through Mammoth Cave National Park
		Further downstream, about a mile beyond Mammoth Ferry and 200 feet off the river to the left, is a small cave with a beautiful, clear pool of icy water.
		Canoe camping is allowed throughout the park, but a backcountry fire and camping permit must be obtained from the park rangers (at no charge).
		Channeled by the steep surrounding hills, the river averages 70 to 100 feet wide until it reaches Mammoth Ferry where it broadens to 130 feet as it encounters the backwater pool of the Brownsville Dam.
	www.wetdawg.com /RSS/B2/htdocs/artman/show_article.php/touring/2004/10/touring.mammoth.cave.park.html (558 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Mammoth Cave National Park, located in the state of Kentucky, has the world's largest network of natural caves and underground passageways, which are characteristic examples of limestone formations.
		Mammoth Cave National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
		Mammoth Cave National Park - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
	whc.unesco.org /pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=150 (120 words)

	World Heritage Centre - World Heritage List
		The Westland and Mount Cook National Park and the Fiordland National Park, which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand.
		Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint John "the Theologian" and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos (1999)
		Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (1986)
	whc.unesco.org /pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=150 (2606 words)

	Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
		Make the most of your trip to Mammoth Cave National Park with a high quality topo map.
		There's lots to do around Bowling Green, Kentucky, the metro area nearest to Mammoth Cave National Park.
		The Park was established to preserve the cave system, including Mammoth Cave, the scenic river valleys of the Green and Nolin rivers, and a section of south central Kentucky.
	www.hikercentral.com /parks/maca (618 words)

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