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Jewel Cave

National Monument

Cave Bacon in Jewel CaveJewel Cave National Monument. South Dakota. August 8, 2014 Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: November 24, 2014 Not much to say about today’s photo… A very cool formation in Jewel Cave, the third longest known cave system in the world! There’s some cool history about this cave, similar in some ways to Wind, different in others, that I will write about in a later post. For more information: http://www.nps.gov/jeca/naturescience/index.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_Cave_National_Monument

South Dakota

Established: February 7, 1908

1,273 acres

Annual Visitors: 137,275 (2016)

Official Site: https://www.nps.gov/jeca/index.htm

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_Cave_National_Monument

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From Wikipedia:

Jewel Cave National Monument contains Jewel Cave, currently the third longest cave in the world, with 181.89 miles (292.72 kilometers) of mapped passageways.

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When you explore Jewel Cave and Wind Cave in South Dakota, revelations may be around the next cornerThe National Park Service oversees more than 4,700 caves, including Mammoth Cave, Jewel Cave, Wind Cave and Lechuguilla Cave.

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