Mammoth Cave Revisited
It has been so many years since our family has visited Mammoth Caves. I think it is time to go there again! The park encompasses large parts of Edmonson County, Kentucky and smaller area of Hart County and Barren County which is not far from where we live.
Mammoth Cave is the most extensive cave system known so far, with over 365 miles already explored. One might think that the name comes from the prehistoric Wooley Mammoth however, the name actually comes from the word mammoth as in large in size.
When we visited the cave, we took a tour much like the first tours of 1797 when the cave was discovered. It was surprising how cool the temperature was since it was horribly hot outdoors. The guide turned off his light and we felt an unusual sense of calm as we were in pitch black darkness. I was glad to have the light back once again.
Archeological investigations proved that prehistorically the Mammoth Cave was used by Native Americans as a burial place, as most mummies presented evidence of pre-Columbian funerary practice.
The main attractions remain features such as Grand Avenue, Frozen Niagara, and Fat Man’s Misery which was the tour we took. The cave tours vary in difficulty and length, the cave being either lighted electrically or by the paraffin lamps carried by the visitors themselves.
I always love to see pre-historic caves like this. In my country, we have many caves like this, the most beautiful one is Gua Maharani, Indonesia. If you love scenery like this, you should go to Zhu Jai Go, China. It has many stunning places like this, and the caves itself are so colorful
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I never knew that the mammoth caves were that extensive. I would love to go visit them someday and experience the calm dark. It sounds and looks terribly fun. I think that it would be really neat to be able to discover a new part to the cave. Thanks for sharing, that is very cool!
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Have never been to the Mammoth Caves, but have been to the caves in Cave Junction, Oregon – and what an experience. Would love to see the Mammoth Caves too!
Wow that’s amazing, I’ve never seen some thing like that before. Actually, what is Mammoth caves? Sorry, just there’s nothing something like that in my country or maybe I don’t know lol. it seems very scary place, but it’s also make me curious. Thanks for sharing this Karen.
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