Find Adventure in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky - Home of the World's Largest Cave System

I absolutely love to travel and I prefer camping over staying in a hotel, lodge or cabin. The outdoors has been a passion of mine since childhood and the older I get, the more I love it and the more I want to see all of America's natural wonders, from the Continental Divide to the Sierra Nevada Mountains and all the way to the Appalachians. Below is one of those amazing travel destinations that everyone should see at least once.

Mammoth cave National Park, Kentucky is home to the largest cave systems in the world, with over 367 miles of explored caves. The U.S. Parks Service has gone to great lengths to maintain and preserve the cave system and the surrounding National Park, so remember to support your parks and keep them clean, leave only footprints behind.

There is a wide variety of wildlife that are native to Mammoth cave and live in a complex, specialized and interconnected ecosystems, the topside ecosystem is connected to the underground ecosystem and they rely heavily on each other to maintain balance. This cave system has a rich vibrant history with ancient stories, stories of tragedy, modern stories and sometimes very humorous stories that keep visitors coming back for more year after year, to one of the worlds marvelous wonders.

Mammoth Cave National Park has over 70-miles of back country trails for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding; these trails are lengthy and require several hours to complete. There are several front country trails that easily wind through the forests of the Kentucky hills and are much shorter with a much lighter hike.

Camping Mammoth Cave national Park
Mammoth cave Campground, is located half of a mile from the visitors center and has 105 sites available. This campground has running water, restrooms, dump station, there are no hookups for electricity at this campground. The fee is $17.00 per night with a maximum of eight people per site and a maximum of 14 days annually. Mammoth Cave Campground offers shower facilities at a cost of $2.00 for 10-minutes.

Houchins Ferry Campground, is located 3-miles south of the visitors center and is nestled right on the Green River's south banks. This campground is a primitive site with only chemical restrooms and fresh water. The fee is $12.00 per night and you must take the ferry across to get to this campground. The surroundings at this campsite are rustic, breathtaking views of the Green River and the rolling hills of Kentucky.

Maple Springs Group Campground, is located about 6-miles east of the visitors center, has seven camp sites with each site containing several picnic tables, fire rings, dumpsters, fresh water and chemical toilets. The three main sites here are for group camping with a person limit at 24, the fee is $30.00 per night. four of the sites here at Maple Springs are dedicated to Equestrians and are complete with trailer parking, hitching posts and an eight horse limit. Two of these sites have electric and water hookups at a fee of $30.00 per night; with the remaining two at $22.00 per night.

Activities are abundant her at Mammoth Cave with all the hiking and biking trails, local nature trails, tours of the cave system and much more. Grab the whole family and vacation among the whispering pines of Mammoth Cave and explore adventure.

References for this article came from www.cavecity.com and www.mammothcave.com