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The land for Longhorn Cavern State Park was acquired between 1932 and 1937 from private owners. It was dedicated as a state park in 1932 and in 1938 was opened to the public. In 1971, the cavern was dedicated as a National Natural Landmark. [2] [3] The park's administration building was listed as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1989.
A Civilian Conservation Corps planning map of a parkway connecting the park to State Highway 66. The CCC constructed the first several miles in the mid-1930s to provide visitor access from US 281 to the newly renovated Longhorn Cavern State Park. Works Progress Administration workers extended the road west of the park headquarters in the early ...
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Longhorn Cavern State Park: Burnet 645.62 acres (261 ha) 1976 Longhorn Cavern State Park: Lost Maples State Natural Area: Bandera, Real 2,906 acres (1,176 ha) 1979 Lost Maples State Natural Area: Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site - includes Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm: Gillespie 732.75 acres (297 ha) 1965
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Entrance to Eisenhower State Park: Marina inside park 1960 [27] current Loops back onto itself PR 21: 9.295 [28] 14.959 Coyote Run Day-Use Area in Cleburne State Park: US 67: 1940 [28] current Serves as main throughfare; outside of park, follows former SH 174 route PR 22.80 [29] 1.29 US 281: Mineral Wells State Park: 1940 [30]
The 40-by-60-foot (12.2 m × 18.3 m) opening drops down to reveal a cavern some 400 feet (122 m) below. While likely known to native peoples, the cavern was first discovered in modern times by Ammon Billings, a local rancher leading a scouting party of five, west of Hackberry Creek in Edwards County in 1876.
The second main area of the cave is an extensive set of caverns linked to the underground extension of the Guadalupe River. During a 1975 expedition of the Cave Without a Name, cavers mapped out over 2.7 mi (4.3 km) of caverns, making it the seventh-longest cave in Texas.