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Wind Cave National Park

Wind Cave National Park Visitor Center
26611 US-385
Hot Springs, SD 57747 USA

605-745-4600

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Wind Cave is distinctive for its calcite fin formations called boxwork, a unique formation rarely found elsewhere, and needle-like growths called frostwork. The cave is one of the longest and most complex caves in the world. Above ground is a mixed-grass prairie with animals such as bison, black-footed ferrets, and prairie dogs, and ponderosa pine forests that are home to cougars and elk. The cave is culturally significant to the Lakota people as the site "from which Wakan Tanka, the Great Mystery, sent the buffalo out into their hunting grounds." The park is 33,970.84 acres (137.5 km2) and receives 619924 recreation visitors per year.
Photo Credit: Wind Cave National Park - Skyway Lake by U.S. National Park Service - Public Domain

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U.S. National Park
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1903
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