• The Historic Entrance of Mammoth Cave

    Mammoth Cave

    National Park Kentucky

Stories

Star Chamber in Mammoth Cave

Star Chamber in Mammoth Cave, circa 1908.

In Mammoth Cave, there's a story under every rock, and behind every stalagmite – ancient stories, and more modern, sometimes tragic, and other times full a kind of rustic humor. Together, they all tell a history of one of Earth's most marvelous places. Click here to delve into the chapters of A Brief History of Mammoth Cave.
  • People People

    Meet the personalities whose names still echo in Mammoth Cave. Read More

  • Free Park Publications Free Park Publications

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  • Places Places

    Whether a sunlit glade or a gloomy chamber, Mammoth Cave's places speak volumes... Read More

  • Collections Collections

    The park's collections have tales to tell. Read More

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!