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MAMMOTH NATIONAL HOME OF CAVEPARK WHERE ELSE CAN YOU PLAY UNDER ABOVE GROUND GROUND and Photo courtesy of Mammoth Cave Adventures EXIT 53 I-65 CAVE CITY TOURISM & WELCOME CENTER 418 MAMMOTH CAVE ST. • CAVE CITY, KY 42127 270.773.8833 • CAVECITY.COM 2 Underground Adventure What is that on the cave wall? How many can you find? COLUMN formed when a POPCORN STALACTITES CAVE cave popcorn stalactite (which vertical cave BACON is shaped grows down from formations that any cave just like the the ceiling) and a grow from the drapery that popcorn we stalagmite (which ceiling down and looks like eat with lots of grows up from the look like icicles bacon round, knobbly floor) meet and bits grow together SHELFSTONE STALAGMITES CAVE flat-topped vertical cave PEARLS SODA calcite that formations that look very STRAWS projects over grow from the much like thin, usually the edge of a ground up. They oyster pearls straight hollow pool where it can be wide or tubes has grown into narrow, tall or the pool short. CUB RUN CAVE CRYSTAL ONYX CAVE LOST RIVER CAVE ONYX CAVE One of Kentucky’s newest and most Open April 1 - Oct. 31 When you arrive at the massive cave Featuring beautiful cave coral,cave bacon, beautifully decorated show caves! 11am - 8pm entrance, prepare to board Kentucky’s flowstone and a massive 40 foot column. 15101 Cub Run Hwy 425 Prewitts Knob Rd. only underground boat and kayak 101 Huckleberry Knob Rd Cub Run, KY 42729 Cave City, KY 42127 tour. Cave City, KY / 270-773-2323 270-524-1444 (seasonal) 270-773-3377 2818 Nashville Rd. www.onyxcave.com www.cubruncave.net www.crystalonyxcaveKY.com Bowling Green, KY 270-393-0077 OUTLAW CAVE Famous as the hideout for outlaw www.lostrivercave.com DIAMOND CAVERNS Jesse James and handicap accessibility WHERE ELSE Featuring intricate drapery deposits and bacon 3057 Mammoth Cave Rd formations that cascade the cave walls. Open MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK Cave City, KY 42127 / 270-773-2560 CAN YOU PLAY The Mother Cave with over 400 miles year-round. Over 150 years of cave tours! www.kentuckyactionpark.com 1900 Mammoth Cave Parkway of mapped passages; International UNDER ABOVE Park City, KY Biosphere Reserve; World Heritage site; Celebrating 200 years of cave tours! GROUND GROUND 270-749-2233 Download VisitCaveCityKY! www.diamondcaverns.com Mammoth Cave Parkway Mammoth Cave, KY and HIDDEN RIVER CAVE 270-758-2180 Walk beside an underground river or take http://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm a Wild Cave Tour. The only cave located inside city limits with a sidewalk view. MAMMOTH ONYX CAVE 119 E. Main St. / Horse Cave, KY 42729 Lantern tours reminiscent 270-786-1466 of the ‘olden days’ www.hiddenrivercave.com Off I-65, Exit 58 / Horse Cave, KY 270-786-1010 / www.kdu.com 3 2 Underground Adventure What is that on the cave wall? How many can you find? COLUMN formed when a POPCORN STALACTITES CAVE cave popcorn stalactite (which vertical cave BACON is shaped grows down from formations that any cave just like the the ceiling) and a grow from the drapery that popcorn we stalagmite (which ceiling down and looks like eat with lots of grows up from the look like icicles bacon round, knobbly floor) meet and bits grow together SHELFSTONE STALAGMITES CAVE flat-topped vertical cave PEARLS SODA calcite that formations that look very STRAWS projects over grow from the much like thin, usually the edge of a ground up. They oyster pearls straight hollow pool where it can be wide or tubes has grown into narrow, tall or the pool short. CUB RUN CAVE CRYSTAL ONYX CAVE LOST RIVER CAVE ONYX CAVE One of Kentucky’s newest and most Open April 1 - Oct. 31 When you arrive at the massive cave Featuring beautiful cave coral,cave bacon, beautifully decorated show caves! 11am - 8pm entrance, prepare to board Kentucky’s flowstone and a massive 40 foot column. 15101 Cub Run Hwy 425 Prewitts Knob Rd. only underground boat and kayak 101 Huckleberry Knob Rd Cub Run, KY 42729 Cave City, KY 42127 tour. Cave City, KY / 270-773-2323 270-524-1444 (seasonal) 270-773-3377 2818 Nashville Rd. www.onyxcave.com www.cubruncave.net www.crystalonyxcaveKY.com Bowling Green, KY 270-393-0077 OUTLAW CAVE Famous as the hideout for outlaw www.lostrivercave.com DIAMOND CAVERNS Jesse James and handicap accessibility WHERE ELSE Featuring intricate drapery deposits and bacon 3057 Mammoth Cave Rd formations that cascade the cave walls. Open MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK Cave City, KY 42127 / 270-773-2560 CAN YOU PLAY The Mother Cave with over 400 miles year-round. Over 150 years of cave tours! www.kentuckyactionpark.com 1900 Mammoth Cave Parkway of mapped passages; International UNDER ABOVE Park City, KY Biosphere Reserve; World Heritage site; Celebrating 200 years of cave tours! GROUND GROUND 270-749-2233 Download VisitCaveCityKY! www.diamondcaverns.com Mammoth Cave Parkway Mammoth Cave, KY and HIDDEN RIVER CAVE 270-758-2180 Walk beside an underground river or take http://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm a Wild Cave Tour. The only cave located inside city limits with a sidewalk view. MAMMOTH ONYX CAVE 119 E. Main St. / Horse Cave, KY 42729 Lantern tours reminiscent 270-786-1466 of the ‘olden days’ www.hiddenrivercave.com Off I-65, Exit 58 / Horse Cave, KY 270-786-1010 / www.kdu.com 3 BIG MIKE’S 4 MYSTERY HOUSE Above Ground Fun! Souvenir shop and mystery house with a perception distortion chamber 566 Old Mammoth Cave Rd. FROGGETTS GUNTOWN SKY HIGH Cave City, KY 101Huckleberry Knob Rd. RIDES! 270-773-5144 Cave City, KY 42127 RALPHIE’S FUN CENTER 270-773-2700 FROGGETTS SOUTH 65 8 Lane Bowling Center, Cosmic Bowling, 9 Kid Friendly Live music, dance, www.froggettsgtm.com Hole Black-Light Mini Golf, Atomic Blaster, arcade, billiards Arcade and Redemption Games, Billiard HIDDEN RIVER CAVE ZIPLINE 9332 Happy Valley Rd. / Cave City, KY and pool tables, Concessions, Inflatables Short zipline across the mouth 270-299-5999 of a cave, or repel down too! 702 Happy Valley Rd. / Glasgow, KY Cave City has the largest concentration of 270-629-4263 119 E. Main St. / Horse Cave, KY ziplines in one area, making it the Zipline KENTUCKY ACTION PARK ralphiesfuncenter.com 270-786-1466 www.hiddenrivercave.com Capital of Kentucky! Each one offers a Go Carts, Bumper cars & boats, chairlift, unique experience. Try one or try all for Trampoline, Rock wall climbing, 18 hole KENTUCKY ACTION PARK the most thrilling ride of your life! mini-golf, old time photo shop The longest and fastest zipline in the south. 3057 Mammoth Cave Rd. / Cave City, KY Race your best bud on the last ½ mile MAMMOTH CAVE ADVENTURES 270-773-2560 section or tandem with your little one. www.kentuckyactionpark.com 3057 Mammoth Cave Rd. Fly through the treetops with this 2 Cave City, KY course 7 section canopy tour. 31-W BINGO 270-773-2560 / 800-798-0560 1994 Roy Hunter Rd. / Cave City, KY 407 S Dixie Hwy. www.kentuckyactionpark.com 270-773-6087 Cave City, KY 42127 www.mammothcave-adventures.com CHANEY’S DAIRY BARN Golf Fishing Agri-tourism 9191 Nashville Road Bowling Green, KY CAVE LAND BARREN RIVER LAKE 270-843-5567 RECREATION CENTER Professional marina services and rentals BOLIN’S MARKET www.chaneysdairybarn.com 2968 S Dixie Hwy to Lucas, KY and the surrounding areas. & GARDEN CENTER Horse Cave, KY 1149 State Park Rd / Lucas, KY 402 S Dixie Highway DENNISON’S ROADSIDE MARKET 270-786-1950 270-646-2151 Cave City, KY 5824 S Jackson Hwy Horse Cave, KY http://parks.ky.gov/parks/resortparks/barren-river/default.aspx 270-773-2215 DIAMOND CAVERNS RV 270-786-1663 & GOLF CLUB NOLIN LAKE CAVE VALLEY WINERY www.kyagr.com 1878 Mammoth Cave Pkwy Bass, walleye, catfish and crappie 22850 Louisville Rd Park City, KY MAMMOTH CAVE TRANSPLANTS are the prize catches; launching ramp. Park City, KY 270-749-2891 270-749-2522 5394 Brownsville Road www.diamondcavernsgolf.com 2998 Brier Creek Road / Mammoth Cave, KY Brownsville, KY 270-286-4240 www.kentuckytourism.com/ cave-valley-winery/11733/ 270-597-2533 PARK MAMMOTH RESORT http://parks.ky.gov/parks/recreationparks/nolin-lake/default.aspx www.mammothcavetransplants.com CAVE VALLEY GOLF 22850 Louisville Road / Park City, KY RIDGETOP PAY LAKE & STORE 270-749-4101 4083 Mammoth Cave Rd. www.parkmammothresort.us/cavevalley.htm Cave City, KY Archery/Shooting 270-773-9940 ROCKCASTLE SHOOTING SPORTSMANS GUN & INDOOR RANGE Download VisitCaveCityKY! Sporting Clays, archery, rifle,pistol Fully stocked showroom and 7-lane range 585 Park Mammoth Rd. / Park City, KY 4276 N Jackson Hwy / Glasgow, KY 270-749-4101 270-678-3006 https://sites.google.com/site/rockcastlelive/ sportsmans-ky.com By appointment only. 5 BIG MIKE’S 4 MYSTERY HOUSE Above Ground Fun! Souvenir shop and mystery house with a perception distortion chamber 566 Old Mammoth Cave Rd. FROGGETTS GUNTOWN SKY HIGH Cave City, KY 101Huckleberry Knob Rd. RIDES! 270-773-5144 Cave City, KY 42127 RALPHIE’S FUN CENTER 270-773-2700 FROGGETTS SOUTH 65 8 Lane Bowling Center, Cosmic Bowling, 9 Kid Friendly Live music, dance, www.froggettsgtm.com Hole Black-Light Mini Golf, Atomic Blaster, arcade, billiards Arcade and Redemption Games, Billiard HIDDEN RIVER CAVE ZIPLINE 9332 Happy Valley Rd. / Cave City, KY and pool tables, Concessions, Inflatables Short zipline across the mouth 270-299-5999 of a cave, or repel down too! 702 Happy Valley Rd. / Glasgow, KY Cave City has the largest concentration of 270-629-4263 119 E. Main St. / Horse Cave, KY ziplines in one area, making it the Zipline KENTUCKY ACTION PARK ralphiesfuncenter.com 270-786-1466 www.hiddenrivercave.com Capital of Kentucky! Each one offers a Go Carts, Bumper cars & boats, chairlift, unique experience.