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The Mystery Flesh Pit National Park is an ongoing science fiction/horror project by artist Trevor Roberts that blends multimedia illustrations, writings and immersive world building. The story revolves around the fictional Mystery Flesh Pit , a colossal, ancient superorganism discovered beneath the town of Gumption, Texas, during an oil excavation.
Kickapoo Cavern State Park is a state park straddling the Kinney and Edwards county line in Texas, located 22 miles north of Brackettville. The park is 6,368 acres (2,577 ha). The park is 6,368 acres (2,577 ha).
The popular spot was known as Sherrard's Cave before it was dedicated as Longhorn Cavern State Park in November 1933. [5] From 1934 to 1942, Company 854 of the Civilian Conservation Corps constructed Texas Park Road 4 , residences, pavilions and an observation tower in the National Park Service Rustic architectural style. [ 4 ]
H. S. Barber carved his name inside the cave in 1889. [6] In 1968, the Devil's Sinkhole was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service. [7] The area was transferred to the state of Texas in 1985, and opened to the public in 1992. [8]
The cave is one of an estimated 3,000 under the extensive karst landscape of the Edwards Plateau, formed by the dissolution of Edwards Group limestone by rainwater. [4] The cave, which is an estimated 40 million years old, was the second discovered in the immediate residential area: during construction of the area in 1986, a separate cave was found and dynamited by housing developers.
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The Caverns of Sonora, a National Natural Landmark, [1] is a unique cave located 8 miles (13 km) west of the small city of Sonora, the seat of Sutton County, Texas.It is a world-class cave because of its stunning array of calcite crystal formations, especially helictites.
Bracken Cave, near the Natural Bridge Caverns, is home to one of two large bat colonies in Texas. The bats that inhabit Bracken Cave are a small species called Mexican free-tailed bats. Bats control the insect population, help to pollinate plants, and are a food source for other animals, making them a valuable part of the ecosystem.