• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Wind Cave Room - Calcite Jungle

Calcite Jungle
Calcite Jungle
NPS Photo by Dave Hobbs
 

Originally the name of an area below Boxwork Chimney. First found by Dave Schnute and Herb and Jan Conn on August 20, 1964, this name is now loosely applied to all lower level passages. The name refers to the thick calcite coatings common to the lower level of the two dimensional mazes in Wind Cave. Resurveyed by Don Coons and Andy Flurkey on July 14, 1973.

Did You Know?

Sign used at Wind Cave in 1903 when the cave became a national park.

Wind Cave is the first cave in the world to be designated as a national park. That occurred on January 9, 1903.