9/22/2023 0 Comments Colossal cave park az![]() ![]() Deep, hot processes have formed only 10% of the world’s caves. ![]() About 30 million years ago, something truly remarkable occurred: hot, sulfuric brine was pushed up into fractures in the limestone and started creating passageways. The limestone cave was formed during the Mississippian Period, over 320 million years ago under a vast inland sea. Some of the names of the largest stalactites include Bonecrusher and Fang. The tour allows you to walk down and up about six and a half stories, where you can see beautiful cave formations like stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, boxwork, and helictites. All tours include a well-trained guide who relates the Cave’s history, legends, and geology. The highlight of any visit to Colossal Cave Mountain Park is a half-mile-long tour of the Cave that takes about 45-50 minutes to complete. The cave was where outlaws and bandits sought a hiding place from the law during this time. In the mid to late-1800s, the Mountain Springs Hotel served as a National Mail Stage Line stagecoach stop on what is today a part of La Posta Quemada Ranch. From 1450-1880 A.D., the Sobaipuri, Apache, and the Papago (now Tohono O’odham) people used the cave as a place to live. Artifacts tell us around 900 to 1450 A.D., the Hohokam people used Colossal Cave for shelter, storage, and as a shrine. ![]() In 1992, Colossal Cave was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Admission to Colossal Cave Mountain Park. ![]()
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