America's Great Outdoors
As Punxsutawney Phil ducks his head underground to hideout from six more weeks of winter, so can you by exploring some of America’s most amazing caves. The guides at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky preserve the world’s longest cave system, as well as part of the Green River valley and hilly country of south central Kentucky. With more than 390 miles explored, early guide, Stephen Bishop, called the cave a “grand, gloomy and peculiar place,” but its vast chambers and complex labyrinths have earned its name - Mammoth.Photo: National Park Service 

As Punxsutawney Phil ducks his head underground to hideout from six more weeks of winter, so can you by exploring some of America’s most amazing caves. The guides at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky preserve the world’s longest cave system, as well as part of the Green River valley and hilly country of south central Kentucky. With more than 390 miles explored, early guide, Stephen Bishop, called the cave a “grand, gloomy and peculiar place,” but its vast chambers and complex labyrinths have earned its name - Mammoth.

Photo: National Park Service 

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