• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

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    The Elk Mountain Campground is closed and will remain closed through the summer of 2013 due to across the board budget cuts.

Wind Cave Trip Reports

Bob Kobza in Southern Comfort

Caver in Southern Comfort

Photo by Art Palmer

Wind Cave is mostly explored by cavers who are members of various caving clubs or grottos affliated with the National Speleological Society. Each off-trail trip into the cave chronicles the explorers discoveries in Wind Cave.

Follow the yearly exploration of Wind Cave as cavers move Wind Cave up the list of the longest caves of the world.

 

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Did You Know?

Star Lily

The Star Lilly (Leucocrinum montanum) has several common names including sand lily, sage lily, mountain lily, wild tuberose, and Star-of-Bethlehem.  The word Leucocrinum comes from Greek meaning "white lily." More...