Natural Features & Ecosystems
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The natural features of special interest are: caves, forests, and fossils. When compared to Utah's other National Park Service units, these features are unique to Timpanogos Cave National Monument. |
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Did You Know?
Timpanogos Cave is known for its high concentration of helictites - a spiraling cave formation that seems to defy gravity. Helictites are formed when calcite crystals and dissolved impurities are forced out of a tiny central canal in the helictite by hydrostatic pressure.