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Wind Cave

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Established

9-Jan-03

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Ellsworth Rock Gardens

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Visitor Center, 26311 US Highway 385, Hot Springs, SD 57747

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Wind Cave National Park, 26311 US Highway 385, Hot Springs, SD 57747

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43.5833

Longitude(W)

'-103.55

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Wind Cave
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9-Jan-03
33,970.84 acres (137.5 km2)
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Wind Cave National Park, 26311 US Highway 385, Hot Springs, SD 57747
Visitor Center, 26311 US Highway 385, Hot Springs, SD 57747
57793
43.5833
'-103.55
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Ellsworth Rock Gardens
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Wind Cave is distinctive for its calcite fin formations called boxwork, a unique formation rarely found elsewhere, and needle-like growths called frostwork. It is one of the longest caves in the world and creates a wind as air pressure changes. Above ground is a mixed-grass prairie with animals such as bison, black-footed ferrets, and prairie dogs and ponderosa pine forests home to cougars and elk.[113] The cave is culturally significant to the Lakota people as a creation site.[114]
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