Where is the longest touristable hiking cave in North America? This is fascinating. Would like to try one.
It could be Carlsbad in Southeast new Mexico...it has some big chambers too.
I believe it’s Mamouth Cave in TN. Never been there, but I did tour Lewis and Clark cavern as a kid. Very impressive.
Self correction, Mamouth Cave is in KY, not TN.
I have been to:
Mammoth Cave in KY
Meramac Caverns in MO
Marvel Caves in MO (part of Silver Dollar City)
Fantastic Caverns in MO
Innerspace in TX
Natural Bridge Caverns in TX
Sonora Caverns in TX
Wonderworld Cave in TX (the worst of them all)
Carlsbad Caverns in NM
They are all really great except for Wonderworld cave, which was formed by an earthquake and didn’t have any formations.
Mammoth is the longest, and has a lot of different tours. You would have to spend all day or maybe several days to see it all.
At Carlsbad, we didn’t get to see everything, but this cave system is the most amazing. Be sure to stay for the bat flight at nightfall.
We make a point in including a cave on our annual road trip. This year we’re heading to Disneyworld, so we’ll be trying Florida Caverns State Park.