Fast Facts
- Over 50 miles of trailheads in it’s 46,766 acre land
- Located beneath the Guadalupe Mountains
- Over 250 million year ago this area was under water, but a change in the climate made the formations of this cave possible
- Thanks to President Calvin Coolidge, this area was established into a National park after he used the Antiquities Act to establish it as a monument
- The park is open year round except for Christmas, Memorial Day and Labor Day
- The cave’s temperature is cool but gets hotter the deeper you head
- Ancient artifacts include drawings found in the caves
- The 5th longest cave in the world
- Mexican free-tailed bats make this cave their home between April and October
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