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Jewel Cave National MonumentCaver crawling (NPS Photo)
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Jewel Cave National Monument
Directions

Plane

The nearest major airport is 54 miles away in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Car

The main Visitor Center and cave entrance is thirteen miles west of Custer, South Dakota on RT 16, 24 miles east of Newcastle, Wyoming on RT 16 and 54 miles from Rapid City, South Dakota via RT 16 & 16 -385.

Caver standing in a cave passage / Marc Ohms photo  

Did You Know?
Jewel Cave is the second longest cave in the world, with over 140 miles of mapped passages. On average, volunteer cavers discover and map over 3 miles of passages in Jewel Cave every year!

Last Updated: August 21, 2006 at 12:29 EST