Kartchner Caverns Big Room

Kartchner caverns state park.

Kartchner caverns big room. See 1 722 traveler reviews 337 candid photos and great deals for benson az at tripadvisor. About kartchner caverns state park. Explore arizona s hidden treasure. They were then kept a secret by the discoverers until 14 years later when they and the caverns private landowners carefully approached the state of arizona to come up with a plan to convert it into a park for public viewing.

One of the world s longest soda straw stalactites. The kartchner cavern story is about amazing discoveries past present and future. We were so fascinated by the geological formations of big room that we returned a few days later and took the throne rotunda tour and hiked on guindani trail. Do at least the rotunda tour but the big room is good too if you have the time.

Willsey said he believes the myotis velifer colony that lives in the big room section of kartchner caverns during the summer months may be among the hibernating bats they found in the cold cave but because there were more than 1 000 the average size of the kartchner colony that bats from other colonies may be sharing that cave. This tour is available from mid october to mid april and is scheduled throughout the day. Big room is fantastic and we enjoyed our hike which goes around the hill where caverns are located. 58 feet tall throne room the world s most extensive formation of brushite moonmilk big room the first reported occurrence of turnip shields big room.

21 feet 3 inches throne room the tallest and most massive column in arizona kubla khan. Kartchner caverns state park benson. They were looking for a cave no one had ever found and found it. Of the three tours.

Kartchner caverns state park is a state park of arizona united states featuring a show cave with 2 4 miles 3 9 km of passages. Voted best arizona attraction by usa today 2017 reader s choice awards. Rotunda throne room big room check out answers plus see 1 722 reviews articles and 337 photos of kartchner caverns state park ranked no 2 on tripadvisor among 20 attractions in benson. The park is located 9 miles 14 km south of the town of benson and west of the north flowing san pedro river long hidden from view the caverns were discovered in 1974 by local cavers assisted by a state biologist who helped in its preservation.

Kartchner caverns is home to. It is half of a mile long and takes an hour and 45 minutes to complete one hour of which is underground. 231 reviews of kartchner caverns state park unlike most cave parks in the world the kartchner caverns weren t discovered by humans until relatively recently in 1974. Select a tour.