Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system known in the world.

Mammoth Cave is a purported entrance to the legendary city Agartha.

The park was established as a national park on July 1, 1941. It became a World Heritage Site on October 27, 1981, and an international Biosphere Reserve on September 26, 1990.

Almost two million people visit the park every year.

Mommoth Cave is known to include more than 367 miles (591 kilometers) of passageway; new discoveries and connections add several miles to this figure each year.

It is the most elongated cave system known in the world. Mammoth Cave is the setting of H. P. Lovecraft's 1905 short story, "The Beast in the Cave" and Alexander C. Irvine's 2002 novel, "A Scattering of Jades".

Location

Cave City
Edmonson County
Kentucky, USA

Getting There

There is no direct public transportation to Mammoth Cave National Park. The nearest public transportation options are the Greyhound bus station in Bowling Green, Kentucky or the Amtrak station in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. From there, you may need to arrange for a taxi or rental car to travel to the national park, which is about an hour's drive from both locations.

Nearby Airports

This is a list of primary airports in Kentucky that have scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.