Carter Caves State Resort Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
state park in Kentucky, USA
About Carter Caves State Resort Park
The Carter Caves State Park is in Carter County, Kentucky, along Tygarts Creek. It is formed by Carter Caves, and nearby Cascade Caves, which were added to the park in 1959. The park was in various private hands for almost 200 years until the last private family owners, the J.F. Lewis family and various other private investors, including local Rotary Clubs, donated the large tract of property to the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1946. The purchase of the caves and surrounding land was driven by Governor William Jason Fields, a native of Carter County A part of a wide ring of karst, limestone outcrops around the central Kentucky dome, of which Mammoth Caves, the largest known cave system in the world, resides on the western side south west of Louisville, Kentucky. It lies in eastern Kentucky'
Carter Caves State Resort Park Travel Guide Sections
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