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Kartchner Caverns State Park is a state park of Arizona, United States, featuring a show cave with 2.4 miles of passages. The park was discovered in 1974 by local cavers, and opened to the public in 1999 after a $28 million development project.
Find out the names, locations, sizes, elevations, and features of 31 state park units in Arizona. Learn about the history, culture, and nature of each park and how to visit them.
Benson is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, founded in 1880 as a rail terminal for the area. It is the gateway to Kartchner Caverns State Park and has a desert climate with little rainfall and high temperature variation.
C. California Caverns; Carlsbad Caverns National Park; Carter Caves State Resort Park; Cascade Caverns; Cathedral Caverns State Park; Cave of the Mounds; Cave of the Winds (Colorado)
Diagram of dripstone cave structures (moonmilk is labelled I) Moonmilk (sometimes called mondmilch, also known as montmilch or cave milk) is a white, creamy substance found inside limestone, dolomite, and possibly other types of caves.
A U.S. national monument and UNESCO biosphere reserve in southern Arizona, where the senita and organ pipe cactus grow wild. Learn about its history, climate, wildlife, and the Mexico-United States barrier that affects the park.
In March 1920 Lincoln Memorial University bought the caverns and surrounding land from private owners., [4] and in 1934 the Gap cave was re-opened to the public. [5] In 1947 the title was transferred to the Commonwealth of Virginia. Commercial tours of the caverns began by the National Park Service in 1992. From 1992 until somewhat recently ...
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