Wind Cave National Park

Wind Cave is one of the worlds longest cave systems. Having said that, it is the most boring cave I have ever been in. Because the cave has little water seeping in, there are no interesting formations growing. The cave is just rock tunnels and there are not even large rooms which make other dry caves at least interesting. Several different tours are available (we did the Natural Entrance Tour) but I doubt others are any good. The 28,000 acres of forest and mixed-grass prairie above the cave are full of trails. Wind Cave National Park was established in 1903 as our 7th National Park, and the first specifically created to protect a cave system. The cavern is named because of the strong winds that blow through the small natural entrance due to pressure differences above and below ground. To date over 150 miles of passageways have been explored, and this may only represent 5 percent of the entire cave system.