Discovered in the 1920's; the naturally decorated Frozen Niagara section remains one of the most famous at Mammoth Cave, and serves as a highlight featured on two tours this winter. The Domes and Dripstones tour is moderately strenuous and requires a two hour hike and numerous hills and stairs to reach this point.
The Frozen Niagara tour is a short tour which offers a chance to visit this area with only 12 stairs. This tour is ideal for anyone with difficulty walking long distances or negotiating stairs. This tour includes a 10 minute bus ride to and from the entrance.
Our winter tour schedule has the Frozen Niagara tour daily at 12:30 and Domes and Dripstone tour daily at 1:00 PM.
For other info on tours, descriptions and reservation times, please check out our website. Reservations are highly recommended.
www.nps.gov/maca/planyourvisit/winter-schedule.htm
Photo: Ranger Jackie Wheet
Heading there this July for the first time!! Can't wait! Planning on scheduling the frozen Niagara tour! And at least one more, anyone have any suggestions? I have a 10 yr old and a 7 yr old
Love it!
Seen it many times! Love it! Go see it!
We will be visiting in June, what’s the best tour in anyone’s opinion? Looking for about 2 hours.
We will heading your way in April!!! Can’t wait!!!
Johnny Cansler we need to go here with the kids
That pretty part of the cave.
Jasiek
Dalton Smith
Brian Lukhard
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – Fee Free Day
Mammoth Cave National Park will offer free Mammoth Passage cave tours on Monday, January 20 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, an annual celebration of the influential leader’s achievements in the modern civil rights movement. Cave tours will depart from the visitor center at 9:30 am, 10:30 am, 11:30 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, and 2:30 pm CT.
Mammoth Passage tour participants must pick up their free tickets in the visitor center before going on a tour. The ¾-mile, 1¼-hour Mammoth Passage tour is limited to 70 people, and requires a walk down and up a steep path to the Historic Entrance and traversing 160 steps. The tour explores a vast canyon passageway and discusses a 19th-century saltpeter mining operation and the geologic origins of Mammoth Cave.
Each year the National Park Service offers several fee free days, such as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to provide the opportunity for the public to visit a new place or return to an old favorite. For more information about Mammoth Cave National Park events, please visit our website and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
when my family got there all the tickets were gone:(
Mammoth Cave Weekly Night Sky Almanac January 19th - 25th
Sunday January 19th.
The γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower will be active from 15 January to 25 January, producing its peak rate of meteors tonight. The shower's radiant point, in the constellation Ursa Minor, is above the horizon, with the number of visible meteors increasing the higher the radiant point is in the sky.
Monday January 20th
At 5:33 p.m. the International Space Station (ISS) will visible in the early evening sky. The ISS will approach from the southwest and make its exit to the east northeast and will be visible for five minutes. If you miss that one, another ISS sighting opportunity will be at 7:11 p.m. Look to the west North West sky for a very short appearance. For more ISS sighting opportunities, visit www.spotthestation.nasa.gov.
Tuesday January 21st
If you are an early riser, the Moon and Mars will make a close approach before sunrise, the Moon will be at mag -10.8; and Mars will be at mag 1.4. Both objects will lie in the constellation Ophiuchus.
Wednesday January 22nd
Just before the Sun rises, the Moon and Jupiter will make a close approach. The Moon will be at mag -9.0; and Jupiter will be at mag -1.9. Both objects will lie in the constellation Sagittarius.
Thursday January 23rd
At 6:24 p.m. the International Space Station (ISS) will visible in the early evening sky. The ISS will approach from the west-northwest and make its exit to the north and will be visible for three minutes. For more ISS sighting opportunities, visit www.spotthestation.nasa.gov.
Friday January 24th
Just after dark face east and look very high for bright Capella, the Goat Star. To the right of it, by a couple of finger-widths at arm's length, is a small, narrow triangle of 3rd and 4th magnitude stars known as "the Kids." Though they're not exactly eye-grabbing, they form a never-forgotten asterism with Capella.
Saturday January 25th
The Great Square of Pegasus is declining low in the west, tipped onto one corner. It's far to the upper right of Venus. The Andromeda Galaxy is just above Pegasus, slightly to the right.
For more information on the night skies:
www.nps.gov/subjects/nightskies/
www.nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/
