Mammoth Cave National Park, KY. Grand Avenue Tour & Extended Historic Tour. The Worlds Longest Cave!

This video includes a couple tours we took as part of a 13 Day 4650 mile cross country road trip we took in May-June 2022. These tours were on June 3-4, 2022.
This video highlights our visit to Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. We were able to get tickets to go on the Grand Avenue Tour and the Extended Historic Tour. We did one tour each day during the 2 days we visited the park. Mammoth Cave is the longest cave system in the world and we were able to tour over 6 miles of the cave with these two tours. It was impressive! Enjoy!
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Destinations on our May/Jun, 4650 mile cross country road trip SO FAR;
The Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, Kearney Nebraska
Ozone Falls, Cumberland County Tennessee
Soco Falls & The Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
Clingman's Dome, Smoky Mountain National Park, North Carolina/Tennessee
Newfound Gap, Jump Off, & Charlies Bunion, Smoky Mountain National Park
Smokemont Campground & Luftee Baptist Church, GSMNP
Oconaluftee River Trail & Mountain Farm Museum, GSMNP
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Cumberland TN & Middlesboro KY
Dr. Thomas Walker State Park, Kentucky
Old Bus Stop Diner, Booneville, Kentucky
Natural Bridge & Battleship Rock, Red River Gorge, Kentucky
Indian Staircase & Adena Arch Trail, Red River Gorge, Kentucky
Hanson's Point & Grays Arch Loop Trail, Red River Gorge, Kentucky
Knob Creek Farm, Abe Lincolns Boyhood Home, Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Kentucky
Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky
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[@crubbythebeagle57]

packs a lot mammoth cave great

[@Packsalot]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the cave video. Take care.

[@VoyagesetPassions]

Nice tour, this caves are amazing, you were near the east coast of the usa, thanks for sharing and have a good day

[@Packsalot]

Thank you. This was part of our summer trip back East. I have my videos out of order of when they happened. A few more videos and I'll be caught up with present day. Yay! I was impressed at the enormity of this cave system. Longest in the world and rightly so. So big. Glad you enjoyed the tours. Have a great day.

[@happinessloveyoursmile]

Super amazing and wonderful sharing dear friend🌸👍👍

[@Packsalot]

Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed the video. Have a nice day.

[@DpuckFishingandOutdoors]

That is an awesome cave. When you showed the map of it my jaw dropped. I love the lights they used to make it more mysterious. Fat man's misery looked fun to go through, now that I am less fat. Great tour, Steve!

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Dug. We were amazing at how extensive it was. Longest in the world! Amazing that we were underground for so many hours and only saw less than 2% of the cave. Crazy big. These tours were so fun. I hope you get to visit here someday. Glad you enjoyed the video. Have a great day.

[@CowboyJojosAdventures]

Talk about a massive cave. Love all the formations. Stalactites and stalagmites. Very Cool. 👍🏼🙏🏼🤗 These caves are certainly huge. Thank you for a great tour. ♥

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Jojo. The longest cave system in the world. Pretty neat. We toured over 6 hrs and 6 miles underground and only explored about 2% of it. So big. Glad you enjoyed the tours. Have a great day.

[@SergeCousineau]

Amazing caves ! Never been in a cave in all my life …wonder how I would react 😳 They are very long caves looks like you spend a few hours underground . Those holes with no bottom must be scary …you better not drop nothing there …Lol! 🤣Thanks for thé tour Steve it was really fun Have great weekend Serge H&S 👩‍❤️‍👨🌈🇨🇦

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Serge. This cave was pretty awesome being the longest in cave system in the world. We were underground for 6 and a half hours and over 5 miles. It was pretty awesome to see. Most people would be ok going on a cave tour. However, exploring one primitively I don't believe I would like it. Glad you enjoyed the adventurous tour. Have a wonderful day.

[@cachemacstrailtime]

yep, I just added something else to my bucketlist. Awesome place! I couldn't stop laughing, " welcome to the Mammoth National Park Prison Bus. Have a great weekend Steve!

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Michael. This was a super cool cave. I'm glad they didn't lock us up down in there after we got off that bus. LOL. Fun tours. I would recommend the history extended tour. Super cool. Glad you enjoyed the video. Have a great day.

[@SatriaChannel_08]

Very interesting.... The caves are amazing.... A very worthy place to visit....

[@Packsalot]

Thanks! this cave is massive and so fun to explore. Glad you enjoyed the video. Have a great day.

[@elcaminanteyexplorador53]

Wow...impressive. beautiful cave. Nice video

[@Packsalot]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed the cave tours. This was a neat place to explore and visit. Take care and have a wonderful day.

[@elcaminanteyexplorador53]

@@Packsalot Indeed. The rock formations are impressive. 👍👍👍

[@ratnasaritv4432]

Nice View Videoes

[@Packsalot]

Thanks! Have a nice day.

[@JenniferLupine]

Hi Steve and Kristy! Great exploring at Mammoth Caves! It’s so cool that they can map what’s underground and show on a 2d map how far and wide the caves go! There’s so much variety…lots of walking and climbing … really cool exploring! I’ve toured a few caves but haven’t been to these before… thanks for sharing the tour! 😄👍👍⭐⭐⭐

[@Packsalot]

Hi Jennifer. Thanks for watching. This was a fun place to visit and explore. Longest cave in the world. We were over 6 hours in the ground on tours and only explored less than 2% of the cave. We have been to lots of caves but these were quite unique and vast. Glad you enjoyed the visit. Have a wonderful day and see next week.

[@JenniferLupine]

@@Packsalot Yes, we’ll see you soon! 👍👌

[@BackpackingWithJason]

Absolutely loved the video. This is some of Kentuckys most famous places.

[@Packsalot]

Thank you Jason. This was a super cool place to visit. I highly recommend the extended history tour for sure. So fun. Have a great day.

[@JimHayesHiking]

Well that looked like a ton of fun! I don't think I could hang in there for that long though,lol. I like the catchy ''Until next time'' phrase....LOL.

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Jim. I was fine until they turned off the lights while we were 2 miles in. Yikes! I'm learning new phrases from legends every day! LOL. Have a great day.

[@ChristianPaulPhotography]

Holy cow big cave! Frozen Niagara is amazing! So cool you got to experience that! Thanks for taking us along!

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Christian. The cave was just so big. It was weird to go on a 4 mile hike underground. Then to think we only saw about 1% of the entire cave system! Huge! Have a great day.

[@waikarimoana]

Good day Stave, awesome trip and great footage of the cave and all those dark spaces, enjoyed the trip with you and thanks for showing us the different part of you country.Thumbs up and regards,, Tony.

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Tony. Glad you liked the cave tours. It was a neat place to visit. The longest cave system in the world. Pretty cool. Have a wonderful day.

[@FollowThomas]

Four miles underground that's a lot, there is so much history. This is so cool place to visit, world longest known cave system. Hoping to visit myself in the future. 👍

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Thomas. It was a long tour and a long distance underground too. It was so neat to see. It is so worth the visit. I would highly recommend the Extended History Tour. So awesome and full of adventure. I hope you get to visit here someday. Take care.

[@JefPersonalVideos]

Its an amazing view of the cave and the refreshing view of nature around thanks for sharing

[@Packsalot]

Thank you. This was a really neat cave. So big and long. Fun to explore and take a tour of. Take care and have a nice day.

[@musicnature007]

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[@Packsalot]

Thank you. Glad you liked the cave. It was awesome to visit and explore. Thanks for watching. Have a wonderful day.

[@vs123]

Wow wow beautiful cave

[@Packsalot]

Thanks! Glad you liked the cave. Take care.

[@DonnaTaibossigai]

Looks like a really amazing cave to explore. It's fascinating how its use has changed over the years and seeing the old graffiti. Very cool.

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Donna. We had a fun time here. So many options for tours too. It was neat to see the names from long ago. Glad you enjoyed the tours. Have a wonderful day.

[@cupcakescorner7684]

Wonderful underground beauty. Its easy to explore because because it got electric lights and a nice walk paths. Wow. Going deeper and deeper. Its interesting

[@Packsalot]

Thank you Lydia. This was a fun place to visit. There were so many miles of cave to explore. Glad you enjoyed the video. Have a wonderful day.

[@HikeCamp]

I must have seen a couple of hundred videos of Mammoth cave but I have no desire to visit in person... Have I ever said I don't do caves...LOL

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Max. I knew you did not like slot canyons. This would have been a double whammy for you, slot canyon and underground! LOL. Thanks for watching. Have a wonderful day.

[@ms.kayak7seas]

Hi, Packs-a-lot.Thank you for sharing. Wow...this is a cool place, a Mammoth cave I have never been to, but just "Lost Sea" and "Ruby Falls." It's always hard to film in dark places..but yo nailed it. The rock formations are incredible, aren't they? Mother nature has the power to create such unique shapes... I like the history of "mining and gunpowder making" ..9:16 The scale of the cave is amazing.. What's the beautiful image...14:55...nice green scenery..Of course, the train toward the end is fabulous. Is that a steam locomotive? Well done. You must have had a good full-day workout in the cave. 🥰🍁 Kayak7seas and I just got back from filming at the Atlantic sea and now catching up on your vid...sorry for the delay in commenting.

[@Packsalot]

Awesome. Thank you. So glad you enjoyed the cave, formations, and history there. Mammoth Cave was pretty amazing. The cave is so big and well worth the visit. Sounds like you had a great trip. So cool. Have fun and take care.

[@carrollleopard1961]

I had no idea of the magnitude of these caves. Thanks for sharing.

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Herman. The longest mapped cave in the world and they are still mapping more each day. Crazy big. They offered so many different tours too. Lots to choose from for duration and difficulty. It was a fun place to visit. Have a wonderful day.

[@SetForAdventures]

It’s hard to imagine what’s under our feet (what an epic cave (the longest )) wow crazy to think you might have only explore 2 or 3 % even though your where under ground for 4 hours 😱 The historic graffiti was neat 👍and the squeeze (fat mans misery ) always fun on a tour like this 😊 Nicely filmed (not easy in the dark 👍) Best wishes Simon 😊👍🏔

[@Packsalot]

Thank you very much, Simon. This was an awesome place to visit and tour. It is amazing how many miles of cave they have discovered here. We barely even explored any of it even with being on tour for 4 hours and 2 1/2 more hours. Super awesome to see though. Glad you enjoyed the video. Hopefully you can visit here someday. Take care and have a great day.

[@SetForAdventures]

@@Packsalot thanks guy’s 🙏🏼 have a great weekend 😊🙏🏼

[@phanlan.thuydien-lifeineurope]

Thank you for sharing the wonderful tour! 💕 Have a great weekend!

[@Packsalot]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the tours. Have a great day.

[@thatplace1]

super cool. Great tour. 👍 Truly amazing place. Way so far. Thanks so much for taking me along.🤠

[@Packsalot]

Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it. It was a fantastic place to visit and explore. Take care and have a great day.

[@wendingourway]

Quite amazing! One never knows what is under the ground we are walking on. Probably not for those who are claustrophobic... Must have been quite a lot of water flowing through at one time to cut those whirlpool tunnels. One awesome spot! Bruce and Otis

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Bruce. We were amazed at how extensive this cave system was. The longest in the world. It is crazy to think we walked 4 miles underground and only visited less than 1% of the cave. Glad you enjoyed the tours. Have a wonderful day.

[@vloggergerritputtershoek]

What a beautiful walk in the caves. I 'm going to follow you . Greetings from Gerrit from the Netherlands

[@Packsalot]

Thank you and welcome to Mammoth National Park. This was a fun place to visit. The cave system was super big. Glad you enjoyed the video. Have a wonderful day.

[@papawinthewoods]

You guys had an awesome road trip and you did my Homestate of Kentucky proud! It's hard to believe there's more than 400 more miles of that cave. I saw on some newsfeed that they've recently added several more miles to its length. You shower what it's all about and showed it well. Good one Packs-a-lot. I like it. Thanks, and take care!

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Papaw. Glad you are enjoying the Kentucky videos. It was awesome exploring here. The cave system is so vast and impressive. We hike for over 6 hours and barely saw any of it. What we saw was awesome though. I like Kentucky. I could visit this state again for sure. Have a wonderful day.

[@papawinthewoods]

@@Packsalot If you ever come out this way again give me a shout if you want. Big South Fork is partly in Kentucky and Tennessee. I’ll show you around a bit. It’s nothing like the rolling hills of the Kentucky Bluegrass Region! Thanks Packs!

[@AdventuresAreOutThere]

You explored so much of this cave, that's awesome! Loved seeing the frozen Niagara! We went back in 2020 and only the historic entrance tour was open... but we still really enjoyed it! Looks like yall did too! Great video, all your pictures turned out great!

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Melissa. This was a fun cave system to tour. It is incredible the size of the cave. We loved the Historic Extended tour. Lots to see and adventurous too. Glad you had the opportunity to visit part of the cave too. Glad you enjoyed our visit here as well. We will likely be back here someday to explore more of the cave on some of the other tours. Thanks for watching. Have a wonderful day.

[@wanderingoutyonder]

This is awesome! This has been on our radar for quite some time! We are just amazed at how much you guys crammed into this road trip! You must not have slept lol!

[@Packsalot]

Thanks. This is a must see destination. Longest cave system in the world. So cool to go on the tours. They have so many to choose from too. Pretty awesome. I hope you get to check it out someday. Kristy and I plana route and hit everything we possibly can along the way. So much fun. Can't wait until retirement! Have a great day.

[@paddle_hike]

Wow ... Big freakin' cave !!! Never been there before. Very interesting to see it but I'm a bit sad... Was expecting to see Batman at some point but ....hey! ... it's fine. hahahahhahaha . Take care :)

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Alex. Longest cave system in the world. There has to be a Gotham city down there somewhere! Haha. Glad you liked the cave. It is worth the visit. Have a great day.

[@WomanOutdoors]

Wow what awesome caves there! Love it

[@Packsalot]

Thank you very much. This was an awesome cave system to explore. Glad you loved it. Have a wonderful day.

[@ThinBlueLaneRVLife]

Hi! New friend here. Found you through Whoa Nelly

[@Packsalot]

Thanks for watching and thank to Nelly. Hope you liked the adventure. This is a great place to visit if travelling through the area. So fun and interesting. Have a great day.

[@WanderingwithWatto]

Oh wow. So cool seeing the writing from the candles. Looks like a cool tour to take. The pit looked scary. Not sure I would fit through Fat mans canyon. Great tour. Enjoyed following along. 👍🏻🚶🏻‍♂️🚶‍♀️

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Watto. It was a fun area to tour. There was a lot to see plus it was adventurous. It was narrow in spots but still plenty of room to navigate through. Glad you enjoyed the area. Have a nice day.

[@achinnisay]

the place is so awesome

[@Packsalot]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed seeing the cave tours. It was a fun time exploring underground. Take care and have a nice day.

[@StacySalmans]

At least it was cool in the cave. Awesome highlights, this one is still on our to-do list. 👍👍

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Stacy. It was refreshing to be out of the heat. This was a great place to visit. I would highly recommend doing the history tour extended. So much to see on that tour. I hope you get to check it out someday. Take care and have a wonderful day.

[@NaomisAdventures]

That is such a cool cave. I finally got to go there over the summer

[@Packsalot]

Thanks! I saw you were at the cemetery near there. Glad you were able to check out the cave too. It was pretty fun. Have a great day.

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

Wow. That was amazing. Especially the second cave!! But I’ll be honest - parts of that second one looked really claustrophobic!! I think I would have been ok but a lot of people there too would have made it a bit tight! Plus I probably would have failed the Fat Man’s agony 😃😃 Great places Steve 👍👍👍

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Dave. I think I liked the second one the best too. The first one had some cool features but it mostly seemed like a 4 hour walk underground where the second one was more interesting and adventurous. There were a couple tight spots but I never felt cramped. There was still plenty of room to move around. I just sucked in my gut and kept on going. LOL. Glad you enjoyed the tours. Have a great day.

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

@@Packsalot 😃😃. You too mate 👍👍

[@TodaysOutdoorAdventure]

Great tour. This is on my list of places to visit.

[@Packsalot]

Thanks. It is worth the visit. So many tours to choose from too. I hope you get to check it out someday. Take care.

[@blumenmaedchen115]

Very interesting video 👍 Thank you for sharing

[@Packsalot]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video and the caves. They were super cool to see. Take care and have a nice day.

[@MinuteontheMountain]

Great video, guys. Our family was able to do Mammoth a couple of summers ago and we all loved it.

[@Packsalot]

Thank you John. That is so cool you were able to visit here. It was super neat to see for us. Amazing that we were underground exploring over six miles and explored less than 2% of the cave. It is so long! Take care and have a nice day.

[@NorwayHikesTrails]

Nice cave, great video 👍

[@Packsalot]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it. It was a fun place to visit. Have a nice day.

[@thaomttv]

you share very nice video 👍

[@Packsalot]

Thank you very much! Have a nice day.

[@Bird_Backyard]

Good sharing video 😊

[@Packsalot]

Thank you! Take care and have a great day.

[@Bird_Backyard]

@@Packsalot keep in touch friend 😍

[@beyoncefraylevlog9123]

Hello sir! It was very nice on your place. I really find your adventure exciting for you are going to enter a cave! It's kinda look creepy and a little bit dangerous but definitely it was a very great experience.

[@Packsalot]

Thank you very much. We had a fabulous time there visiting and exploring the cave. Glad you enjoyed seeing the tours. Hopefully you can visit here someday. Take care.

[@HappyPlaceCamping]

Sounds like it's a really busy place. I don't like busy. Over 1k stairs? You guys ARE crazy! I knew it!! 😂. Four hours is a really long tour. Sounds like you'll get your money's worth. Yup that's a lot of peep. I saw J. Parr's name on the wall. Wonder if that's John Parr that sang the theme song for St. Elmo's Fire movie? Hmmm lol. The slots are neat. I like caves, but I also don't like them. They freak me out. Kind of like tunnels. Afraid they'll collapse and I'll be trapped. But they sure are neat and pretty. It is a cool cave. I dunno. Maybe one day we'll give it a go. I don't know how I feel about any part of a cave being call misery lol. Haha I was wondering if she was going to tell you. Guess she finally did. Too darn deep! That's scary as crap! Boy those people sound really loud. Should have told them to use their inside cave voices lol. Pretty darn cool tour. See, now I don't even need to go. I got to see you do it! lol

[@Packsalot]

Thanks Felix. Yes, this place was pretty busy but they had a ton of tours to choose from which helped disperse the crowds. 4 hours underground for 4 miles is a long time to be in the ground. It was super cool to see the old names in the cave. It is awesome that this is the longest cave system in the world. I don't like the sound of misery either while underground. Yikes. Glad nothing caved in on us or we didn't run out of air. The tours were super awesome but I would maybe just do the second one, History tour extended. Lots to see in half the distance of the other tour. Glad we could take the trip down there for you. LOL. Have a wonderful day.

[@unpavedexplorer338]

Very cool tour. Amazing how long the tour was. Do they pump fresh air through out the cave?

[@Packsalot]

Thanks John. This cave system was pretty neat. Longest in the world. We could not believe they offered a public tour that was so long in duration and distance. they only had one area for restroom facilities halfway through too. I'm not sure about the air. It seemed fresh in there but I think there is a natural air flow through there. Both tours were pretty awesome. Glad you liked the tour. Have a great day.

[@unpavedexplorer338]

1st

[@Packsalot]

Actually, I was. LOL. Thanks John.

[@carrollleopard1961]

Glad you’re not claustrophobic.

[@Packsalot]

Thanks. No kidding. It was tight in some areas but I never felt like I was cramped. It was super fun. Take care.