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Fees To Explore Mammoth Cave National Park's Underworld Increasing Next Year

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December 15, 2023

Cave tour fees are going up at Mammoth Cave National Park/NPS file

The cost to go underground and to reserve picnic shelters at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky will increase on March 1.

Recreational fees are collected under the 2004 Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act and are reviewed and updated every few years to stay in line with privately operated businesses of similar duration and experience. The last fee increase at the park was in 2021.

Recreational fees are used to fund projects that address deferred maintenance needs, enhance visitor programs and services, protect resources, and improve and rehabilitate visitor facilities.  Fees were recently used by Mammoth Cave National Park to fund cave guides during the busy summer season, replace benches and audio-visual equipment in the park’s only outdoor amphitheater, and repair handrails at the Historic Entrance to Mammoth Cave.

You can find a chart of the fee increases here. 

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