• The Historic Entrance of Mammoth Cave

    Mammoth Cave

    National Park Kentucky

For Teachers

Ranger and students

Mammoth Cave National Park is a great place to learn about caves, forests, groundwater, wildlife, and history. Whether you have students working on school reports or you're preparing for a visit, these pages provide everything you'll need to make the world's longest known cave a part of your curriculum.

Did You Know?

Did You Know? - Mammoth Cave is the world's longest known cave.

Mammoth Cave is the world's longest known cave, with more than 400 miles of interconnected passages—so long that if the second and third longest caves in the world were joined together, Mammoth Cave would still be the planet's longest cave and have more than 100 miles left over!