Colossal Cave Mountain Park

Perched on its mountainside, Colossal Cave has captivated humans for centuries with its beauty, utility, history, mystery, and romance. And so has the surrounding area, now known as Colossal Cave Mountain Park. Over a thousand years ago, the Hohokam Indians formed a thriving farming community while using the Cave for shelter, storage, and a shrine. Other Indian peoples came and went, followed by settlers, explorers, and train robbers, to name a few. In the 1930s the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed the handsome dressed-limestone Colossal Cave headquarters buildings, and the walkways and handrails inside the Cave. Today the 2,400-acre Colossal Cave Mountain Park is on the National Register of Historic Places and showcases crystal-filled Colossal Cave and 120-year-old La Posta Quemada Ranchits a great place to spend the day. Cave tours, which last about 50 minutes, reveal the Caves history, legends, and geologyand beautiful formations: stalactites, stalagmites, flowsto...