Cave City Travel Blogs

Largest cave system known in the world - stretching some est. 700 miles. Some dark history including slaves were brought here to extract mineral for gun powder. Ironically, one of the black slaves (Stephen Bishop) was a natural at caving and discovered and mapped about 16km by heart. Many of the trails people visit today were mapped by Stephen Bishop.

It's been years since I have visited Mammoth Cave and truthfully I wasn't planning on visiting it two weeks ago when I did.  I had planned on just spending a day in Louisville (about an hour and a half north of Cave City, KY).  But some friends of mine were down in the park on a two day c…

5/28/06   Bowling Green, KY to Cave City, KY   We drove a short distance to Mammoth Caves today for an underground look at the caves of Kentucky.  WOW.  There are over 350 miles of discovered caves so far at Mammoth.  Dave and I enjoyed the hike.  This is a must se…

PART 2:DIRECTIONALLY CHALLENGEDDAY 13 (7/7/08)Nashville, TN to Brownsville, KY (Moutadier Park / Mammoth Caves National Park)10pm / 83∞ / RainAll my life I’ve been camping. Motorhomes to tents, camping was our form of vacation and recreation – the first time I stayed in a hotel I was 24.All…

Weekend road trip to Nashville!!!!