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Mammoth Cave National Park
Cave Tours - Early Summer
 
View from below the Historic Entrance waterfall at Mammoth Cave

View from below the Historic Entrance waterfall at Mammoth Cave

Mammoth Cave National Park offers its Early Summer Season  from May 29–June 25, 2010. The tours of Mammoth Cave listed below are currently available during this season. If you would like to see a complete list of tours we offer at various times through the year, click here.

Mammoth Passage Tour
(1¼ hours, ¾ mile round trip)

Historic Tour
(2 hours, 2 miles)

Frozen Niagara Tour
(1¼ hours, ¼ mile round trip)

New Entrance Tour
(2 hours, ¾ mile)

Grand Avenue Tour
(4½ hours, 4 miles)

Snowball Tour
(3 hours, 2 miles)

Star Chamber Tour
(2½ hours, 1¾ miles)

Violet City Lantern Tour
(3 hours, 3 miles)

Wild Cave Tour
(6 to 6½ hours, 5½ miles)

Introduction to Caving Tour
(3 to 3½ hours, 1 mile)

Mammoth Cave Discovery Tour
(30-minute minimum, ¾ mile round trip from visitor center)

Washington's Pit in Mammoth Cave

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Summer Cave Tour Schedules
Cave Tour Schedules – Summer
Find summer tour times here.
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Ranger in New Entrance Domes
Mid Summer Cave Tours
Cave Tours offered in Mid Summer schedule.
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Coins
Prices and Fees
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Reservations
Reservations
Link to reservations for park activities
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Soda straw stalactite  

Did You Know?
Stalactites grow downward – they hang "tight" to the ceiling – while stalagmites grow upward – they "might" reach the ceiling someday. Mammoth Cave's formations include many types of calcite formations.

Last Updated: March 01, 2010 at 12:51 EST