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Wind Cave, South Dakota
The Wind Cave is one of the most unique cave formations there is. It's uniqueness comes from the fact that it is a maze cave which was created not by water flowing river style but by water seeping into multiple cracks in the limestone and trickling downward through many interconnecting passages ever enlarging these passageways.
Wind Cave Information:
Description:
Cave Fact:
Densest Cave System
Most Cave Passages per Cubic Mile of Surrounding Rock
Cave Type:
Solution cave, Limestone, Karst
Cave Length:
154.2 miles
Cave Age:
300 million years
Location:
The Wind cave in ten miles north of Hot Springs, South Dakota, on US 385, just after seeing a sign showing that you should turn west onto Wind Cave Road.
Located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Wind Cave is one of many attraction available for vacationers to this area. Other go to location include, Jewel Cave, Crazy Horse, and Mount Rushmore. Also, the Bad Lands are located not far to the east.
Coordinates:
43.556400, -103.478647
Elevation:
4095 feet
Geographical Region:
Rocky Mountains
The Ancients
First Migration
(The Algonquian Cultures)
Lakota
Some of the sons of Obal, specifically the Lakota (also known as the Teton sioux) did settle in the Black Hills region of South Dakota near to where there existed a hole that blew air. That hole is now called the Wind Cave. The Lakota considered the cave a sacred site, called it Maka Oniye, meaning Breathing Earth and say that it is the location of their origin, where they believe humanity first emerged from the underworld.
The Lakota lived in the Black Hills region of South Dakota
Cheyene
Some of the sons of Jerah, also Plains tribes, from the family group of the Cheyenne, also recognize the significance of the cave.
The Earth
National Parks and Monuments:
The Modern Man
Senior/access pass holders pay half price
Elk Mountain Campground, Wind Cave NP
RV Site: $24.00 per night (Water and Flush Toilets)
RV Site: $12.00 per night (Off season-No Water, Vault Toilets)
The Steps
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