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Colossal Cave Mountain Park

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Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Phone:
+1 520-647-7275

Hours:
Sunday8am - 5pm
Monday8am - 5pm
Tuesday8am - 5pm
Wednesday8am - 5pm
Thursday8am - 5pm
Friday8am - 5pm
Saturday8am - 5pm


Colossal Cave is a large cave system in southeastern Arizona, United States, near the community of Vail, about 22 miles southeast of Tucson. It contains about 3.5 miles of mapped passageways, and was discovered by Soloman Lick in 1879. Temperatures inside average 70 °F year-round.The cave is an ancient karst cave, classified as dry by guides . The meaning of this is that its formations are completely dry, or dead, and do not grow. This is because the cave was formed by water depositing limestone, but this source has disappeared. It instead feeds the active nearby Arkenstone Cave that continues to grow formations. Colossal Cave was used from 900 to 1450 AD by the Hohokam, Sobaipuri, and Apache Indians. The cave was rediscovered in 1879 by Solomon Lick, the owner of the nearby Mountain Springs Hotel. He was searching for stray cattle when he discovered the entrance to the cave. The cave was then used as a guano source, and a tunnel, 25 metres long, was built in 1905, and a total of seven train cars of guano were filled. The deposit was soon exhausted, and the tunnel was abandoned.
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