Mammoth Cave National Park

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mammoth_Cave_National_Park

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:nature_reserve
gptkbp:activity	camping canoeing hiking wildlife viewing cave tours
gptkbp:annualVisitors	over 500,000
gptkbp:area	52,830 acres
gptkbp:Biosphere_Reserve_since	1990
gptkbp:climate	humid subtropical
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Green_River gptkb:Nolin_River gptkb:Mammoth_Cave
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designation	gptkb:nature_reserve
gptkbp:elevation	approx. 700 ft (213 m)
gptkbp:established	1941
gptkbp:features	limestone caves karst topography sinkholes underground rivers
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:U.S._Congress
gptkbp:governingBody	gptkb:National_Park_Service
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	Civil War saltpeter mining early tourism in 19th century prehistoric Native American mining
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Mammoth Cave National Park
gptkbp:IUCNStatus	II
gptkbp:length_of_cave_system	over 426 miles (as of 2024)
gptkbp:listedOn	gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Kentucky
gptkbp:longest_cave_system_in_the_world	true
gptkbp:mapType	USA Kentucky#USA
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Mammoth_Cave
gptkbp:nearestCity	gptkb:Brownsville,_Kentucky
gptkbp:notable_entrance	gptkb:Frozen_Niagara_Entrance gptkb:Historic_Entrance gptkb:Violet_City_Entrance
gptkbp:notableFauna	gptkb:Indiana_bat gptkb:Kentucky_cave_shrimp
gptkbp:notableFlora	gptkb:American_beech gptkb:eastern_hemlock
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber	66000083
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:Mammoth-Flint_Ridge_Cave_System
gptkbp:publicTransit	none
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	150 1981
gptkbp:website	https://www.nps.gov/maca/index.htm
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kentucky gptkb:National_Park_Service
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4