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  2. Moaning Cavern - Wikipedia

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    Moaning Caverns is home to the largest single cave chamber open to the public in California. The massive room reaches over 180 feet before funneling into smaller passageways. With a 20–30 foot thick ceiling, the open area inside the chamber is, in fact, tall enough to hold the Statue of Liberty (pedestal excluded). There are two natural ...

  3. Carlsbad Caverns National Park - Wikipedia

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    The Big Room is the largest chamber in North America and the 32nd largest in the world. [4] In 1930, Carlsbad Caverns was established as a national park and was also recognized as a World Heritage Site in 1995. According to The Travel, it is renowned globally for being "one of the most accessible and best-preserved cave complexes in the world". [5]

  4. Lovelock Cave - Wikipedia

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    The cave was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 24, 1984. [2] It was the first major cave in the Great Basin to be excavated, [3] and the Lovelock Cave people are part of the University of California Archaeological Community's Lovelock Cave Station.

  5. California Caverns - Wikipedia

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    The cave was discovered by Captain Joseph Taylor (on land originally claimed by James b. Mckinney for gold mining) in 1849. He opened it for public tours, making it the first show cave in California. James Mckinney originally named it Mammoth Cave in remembrance of mammoth caverns near his hometown in Kentucky. but by 1894 it was known as Cave ...

  6. Santa Cruz Island - Wikipedia

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    The largest is Painted Cave, among [quantify] the world's largest. [5] The island is part of Santa Barbara County, California. The 2000 census showed a population of two people. [6] Santa Cruz is the largest privately owned island off the contiguous United States. Ownership is split between the National Park Service (24%) and the Nature ...

  7. This national park has been called ‘the Grand Canyon with a ...

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    The Big Room is the largest single cave chamber by volume in North America, but Carlsbad Cavern is not the biggest cave. Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is the longest known cave system in the whole world.

  8. Black Chasm Cave - Wikipedia

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    SNRC purchased Black Chasm Cavern in 1996 and began offering 5 hour expedition trips, including rappelling, rafting, climbing, and crawling through the wild areas of the cave. These trips ran for four summers before damage to the delicate areas of the cave was deemed too steep a price to continue offering tours through the wild cave.

  9. Mud Caves - Wikipedia

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    Big Mud Cave - The only cave marked on most maps. Hidden Cave - Impossible to find without precise directions. Chasm Cave - A popular cave with a skylight. Carey's Big Mud Cave - The largest cave in the arroyo. Plunge Pool Cave - A short cave that ends in a round room that towers above you. Dip Slope Cave - The small entrance is easy to miss.