Mammoth Cave System Map

Mammoth cave system map 2017 a history of map making at mammoth cave.

Mammoth cave system map. In addition over 200 caves in the park exist as disconnected fragments of the larger mammoth cave system. The park has high diversity. This east mammoth cave trail map 250 kb shows the rest of the park missing from the previous map. Since the 1972 unification of mammoth cave with the even longer system under flint ridge to the north the official name of the system has been the mammoth flint ridge cave system.

Original name of this place including diacritics is mammoth cave it lies in edmonson county kentucky united states and its geographical coordinates are 37 11 10 north 86 6 0 west. Mammoth cave system is located about 160 km 100 miles south of louisville kentucky and about 56 km 35 miles northeast of bowling green kentucky. Most of the cave lies within mammoth cave national park a world heritage site and a part of the united nations program of international biosphere reserves fig. Cave and karst systems of the world.

Matt crawford of the kgs geologic hazards section created the geology of mammoth cave national park kentucky map and chart 186 series 2012 with the help of several mammoth cave park staff. Springer cham first online 15 june 2017 doi https doi. October 24 2018 contact the park mailing address. Hobbs iii h olson r winkler e culver d.

Mammoth cave national park visitor center area map backcountry map guide last updated. Google earth visit mammoth cave welcome to the mammoth cave google earth 3d map site. Mammoth cave is a limestone labyrinth with more than 400 miles of it explored and the park estimates a potential for another 600 miles in its system. View 3d map of mammoth cave at google earth website.

May 22 2013 a 2008 kgs publication about mammoth cave national park has been updated and will go on sale at the park s gift shop. The park contains over 400 caves including the longest known cave in the world the mammoth cave system 643 km 400 mi which is more than twice as long as any other known cave in the world. 270 758 2180 tools.