Things to Do

Cave City's best sights are caves and cave-related attractions. Mammoth Cave is the essential stop; the smaller show caves and local museums are for travellers who want a fuller cave-country day.

Guide

Things to Do

01

Mammoth Cave National Park

World's longest known cave system, with guided underground tours, hardwood forest, trails, and Green River paddling.

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02

Crystal Onyx Cave

Guided show cave near Cave City, with lit formations and archaeological traces on a one-hour tour.

Sight
03

Diamond Caverns

Historic show cave near Mammoth Cave, known for dense formations on guided underground tours.

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04

Floyd Collins Museum

Small museum on the cave explorer whose fatal 1925 entrapment helped draw attention to Mammoth Cave.

Museum
05

Sand Cave

Sand Cave is a short trail stop tied to one of the most famous stories in Mammoth Cave country. In 1925, cave explorer Floyd …

Sight
06

Cedar Sink

Cedar Sink is a short Mammoth Cave-area trail leading down into a large sinkhole where a sinking river appears at the bottom. The route …
07

Onyx Cave

Onyx Cave is a short guided cave tour near Cave City, with coral-like formations, stalagmites, stalactites, and flowstone. It is smaller than the major …
08

Guntown Mountain

Guntown Mountain is Cave City's old western-themed hilltop attraction, reached by chairlift or shuttle when operating. Its mix of saloon shows, staged gunfights, music, …
09

Kentucky Action Park

Kentucky Action Park is a family-oriented stop near Cave City, best known to travellers for its guided cave tour. The route is short, easy, …

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10

Dinosaur World

Family roadside attraction with outdoor dinosaur models and kid-friendly fossil and prehistory exhibits.

Sight