National Parks Traveler Podcast Episode 290 | Miserable Mammoth Cave

By Jess Repanshek - September 1st, 2024 7:00am

Have you ever been to Mammoth Cave National Park? It’s really not that impressive, is it? Sure, it’s more than 425 miles long, but only about 10 miles are open to the public.

Mammoth Cave is indeed a big, dark hole in the ground. And apparently there are a fair number of visitors to the national park in Kentucky who are not impressed with the cave and its underground artworks created by dripstones, stalactites, and stalagmites. In fact, a recent survey ranked Mammoth Cave as the third-most disappointing destination in America.

Really? To get the park’s response, we’re joined today by Molly Schroer, the park’s management analyst. We’ll be back in a minute with Molly.

0:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
0:12 Episode Intro with Kurt Repanshek
0:43 Escalante - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of Peaks, Plateaus & Canyons
1:03 Friends of Acadia
1:30 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
1:54 Smokies Life
2:16 NPT Promo
2:35 Episode 290 - Miserable Mammoth Cave
48:30 Vista Verde - Tim Heintz - The Sounds of Peaks, Plateaus & Canyons
49:10 Episode Closing
49:30 Orange Tree Productions
50:03 Splitbeard Productions
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Mammoth Cave National Park

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By Jess Repanshek - September 1st, 2024 7:00am

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Permalink Submitted by Mammoth Cave NP - awesome! on September 2, 2024 - 6:56am.

I have been to Mammoth Cave several times, and I find the park beautiful and the staff immensely competent and engaging.

One of the jewels of eastern US National parks!

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