Accessible Cave Tours Return To Mammoth Cave National Park
Fourteen years, and $2.2 million later, accessible cave tours are returning to Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.
- By NPT Staff - September 14th, 2016 2:00am
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Special Activities Planned At Mammoth Cave National Park To Mark Public Lands Day
Mammoth Cave National Park, which is celebating its 75th birthday this year, and the Friends of Mammoth Cave are planning some special activities to mark National Public Lands Day on September 24.
- By NPT Staff - September 8th, 2016 3:00am
New Mexico Company Lands Mammoth Cave National Park Concessions Contract
A New Mexico company that has been expanding its concessions work in the National Park System has landed a 15-year contract to provide lodging, dining, and retail services at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.
- By Kurt Repanshek - August 2nd, 2016 2:00am
National Parks Are Managed In Very Inconsistent Ways...Or Are They?
Running more than 160 pages, the National Park Service Management Policies provides park managers with quick reference to how they are to manage their units, what uses are appropriate, and how to usher visitors out of the park when Congress fails to fund the National Park Service. But the Management Policies, which last were updated in 2006, also leave much to interpretation and exception.
- By Kurt Repanshek - July 27th, 2016 2:00am
No "Limb Lines" Allowed At Mammoth Cave National Park
Fishing with limb lines in Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky is not allowed. Unattended limb lines are hazardous to visitors and wildlife.
- By NPT Staff - June 1st, 2016 3:00am
A Travel Guide To Mammoth Cave National Park, Vintage 1851
How do you decide on a vacation destination? Which route to take, attractions to visit and where to spend the night? No doubt you use online info. Star-ratings. Pics. Travel blogs. Information is short and to the point, like this 2015 review of Mammoth Cave:
- By NPT Staff - February 9th, 2016 3:00am
Recalling The Slaves Who Guided Tours At Mammoth Cave
One of the first guides for visitors to Mammoth Cave, long before it was a national park, was Stephen Bishop. At the time he was introduced to guiding tours, he was just a teen-ager. He also was a slave.
- By NPT Staff - February 2nd, 2016 7:56am
National Park System Units Closing Down In Advance Of Winter Storm
National Park System units from Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky to the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C., were shutting down Friday in advance of a massive snowstorm predicted to dump upwards of 2 feet of snow on some parts of the East.
- By NPT Staff - January 22nd, 2016 9:44am
Hear A Union Soldier's Story At Mammoth Cave National Park
The calendar will be turned back about 150 years at Mammoth Cave National Park on November 11, when a special program is to be offered featuring a Union soldier telling A Soldier's Story.
- By NPT Staff - November 2nd, 2015 2:00am
Joppa Church Open For Day-Use Only At Mammoth Cave National Park
Joppa Church in Mammoth Cave National Park is now designated as a day-use area. Vandalism to the church building in the last year has caused the park to limit its availability to the public to daylight hours only
- By NPT Staff - September 19th, 2015 2:30am
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