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Mammoth Cave: A Place Called Home

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Mammoth Cave National Park | Untold to the Unforgettable | A Kentucky Original Series

You might say Jerry Bransford has a unique connection to the land he grew up on. Not only does he hold a special place for the woods and waters, towns and people of Kentucky’s cave country, but he’s also spent a lifetime exploring its depths underground at Mammoth Cave National Park – just as his enslaved relatives did generations before him.

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Mammoth Cave - the longest cave in the world (Kentucky)

Rolling hills, deep river valleys, and the worlds longest known cave system. Mammoth Cave National Park is home to thousands of years of human history and a rich diversity of plant and animal life, earning it the title of UNESCO World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve.

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1 Day in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky // Tour + Hiking

This week we took a little day trip to visit our 20th national park: Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky! Located in southern Kentucky almost on the Tennessee border, this cave is the LARGEST known cave in the WORLD! To give you a better idea of just how HUGE this cave is, second largest cave is half the size of this one.

We had so much fun going inside the cave for a self-guided tour, hiking to a sink hole, and wandering through a historic church left behind by some of the communities that used to call this park home.

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This MAMMOTH Cave is the Longest Cave on Earth

We talk about the geology and the history of the Mammoth Cave area. We go inside the visitor center and learn about how the cave system was formed.

We take the Domes and Dripstones tour. The story of George Morrison is told. Many rock formations are seen on the tour. The drapery room is one highlight.

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Music: Natural Light By Chris Haugen
Music: Day Out on the Lawn By Midnight North

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By James St. John - Travertine stalactites in Great Onyx Cave (Flint Ridge, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA) 1, CC BY 2.0,
By James St. John - Travertine stalagmites in Great Onyx Cave (Flint Ridge, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA), CC BY 2.0,
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Mammoth Cave National Park

Exploring Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky: Mammoth Cave National Park is located in Kentucky and is the longest known cave system in the world! It has more than 400 miles of trails and tunnels – all buried deep inside the earth. Jack and Colton are exploring the ways this cave has been used over the centuries as well as meeting some current-day inhabitants.

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The Haunted History of Mammoth Cave in Kentucky | Mystery Syndicate

Mammoth Cave in Cave City, Kentucky is the largest cave system in the world, currently mapped at more than 425 miles. As surveyors continue to push beyond what has already been mapped, the evidence they have and will continue to uncover, paints a gruesomely dark, but fascinating history of the storied caverns.

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Mammoth Cave National Park - YOU COULD FIT AN RV IN HERE! ????

Mammoth Cave National Park is home to over 365 miles of cave systems (longer than the entire Grand Canyon). The crazy part is that this is the world's longest cave system and it is located right here in Kentucky!

We are giving you a surreal taste of the Broadway Tour (1.75 miles total) which extends nearly 100 feet underground.

We found Mammoth Cave National Park because of our lifestyle of full-time RV living. We will show you the true side of full-time RV living in this episode. Strap in.

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The Max Kaemper Connection - The story behind the Kaemper map of Mammoth Cave, KY from 1908

The Max Kaemper Connection - The story behind the Kaemper map of Mammoth Cave, KY from 1908 - documentary film - producer, camera and editing: Bernd Kliebhan -

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Video of Bernd Kliebhan following an idea of Rick Olson. Including interviews with Art Palmer, Chuck DeCroix, Rick Olson, Stan Sides, Janet Bass Smith, Bernd Kliebhan, Gerlinde Kämper, Klaus Kämper and Tres Seymour. The video shows extracts of the Mammoth Cave Concert in 2008 with Klaus Kaemper, cello and Janet Bass Smith, piano.
Camera: Bernd Kliebhan, Rick Olson, Chuck DeCroix / Editing: Bernd Kliebhan / Narration: Steve Atkinson and Petra Atkinson.

Mammoth Cave's African-American Heritage | Kentucky Life | KET

Mammoth Cave began offering public tours in 1816. From the start, African Americans played a vital role in the development of cave tour routes and shaping the experiences of cave visitors. Many of the first guides were slaves—among them, Jerry Bransford's great-great-grandfather.

Bransford, a native of Glasgow, is the fifth generation of his family to work as a guide at Mammoth Cave. His great-great-grandfather Materson Bransford explored the cave as a teenager before becoming a guide. Since the 1990s, Jerry Bransford has been leading cave tours and sharing details about the cave and the legacy of the early guides.

A 2014 New York Times essay earlier this year, A Family at the Center of the Earth, tells the story of Bransford's family heritage. Bransford, for whom guiding tours at Mammoth obviously runs in the blood, is proud to share the legacy and story of the African-American heritage of Kentucky's world-famous natural wonder.

Parts of this segment were originally recorded for the 2009 KET production Kentucky's National Parks.
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Sand Cave & The Lost Home Of Floyd Collins

Floyd Collins, the greatest cave explorer ever known, met his fate in Sand Cave in one of the most widely publicized events of the mid 1920s. National Park ranger Troy Bradshaw narrates the story of Collins while we search for his lost home and the famous Sand Cave!

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The Haunting With... Kentucky’s Mammoth Caves

These large caves in the Commonwealth of Kentucky have a rough history and a ghostly past.
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The Lodge at Mammoth Cave

The Lodge at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park offers three types of lodging including cabins and motel-type rooms.

Lodging in Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park offers a variety of lodging options including Woodland Cottages and Sunset Terrace rooms.

Mammoth Cave Hotel

Mammoth Cave Hotel in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. The hotel offers a variety of lodging options including cabins and motel units in addition to hotel rooms.
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Black Guides of Mammoth Cave: A Documentary - preliminary interviews

Some clips from preliminary interviews for The Black Guides of Mammoth Cave documentary fundraiser to appear on Indiegogo, running from February 14 to April 1, 2014. The clips include segments by Jerry Bransford, Roger Brucker, and Sandra Gorin.

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Subterranean Secrets: Classic Rock Formations at Mammoth Cave

Discover 4 must-see rock formations -- also called speleothems -- in Mammoth Cave National Park, and learn about the features that make this cave such a unique place. What features will you see at Mammoth Cave? What is cave popcorn? Stalactites and stalagmites, flowstone, and gypsum--we'll explore it all. Follow us as we take you on an underground tour of the cave, and see for yourself why Mammoth Cave is one of the world's most famous geologic attractions home to many amazing stone formations and cave features!

This video is perfect for those who want to learn about cave features and rock formations and see examples of these from Mammoth Cave National Park. These are called Speleothems. They are those cool, strange, and wonderful rock features that make caves feel like another world underground. #mammothcavenationalpark #cavetour #geology #MammothCave #RockFormations #SubterraneanSecrets #CaveExploration #NatureWonders

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0:24 Welcome to Mammoth Cave
0:42 Historic Entrance
0:59 Carmichael Entrance
1:11 Cave Popcorn
1:42 Gypsum Formations
3:03 Stalactites and stalagmites
3:41 Flowstone

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Visiting Mammoth Cave National Park, National park in Kentucky, United States

Mammoth Cave National Park is a U.S. national park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of Mammoth Cave, the longest cave system known in the world. The official name of the system is the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System for the ridge under which the cave has formed. The park was established as a national park on July 1, 1941. It became a World Heritage Site on October 27, 1981, and an international Biosphere Reserve on September 26, 1990. For more info, visit this link:


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Escaping Death and Emus at Mammoth Cave

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