Wind Cave National Park 
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10 mi. north of Hot Springs is the Wind Cave, part of one of the largest karstic cave systems so far found on earth. It was discovered in 1881 when a hunter noticed a strong current of air emerging from a narrow cleft in the rock. Differing air pressures inside and outside the cave produce air currents that can reach a speed of up to 50 mi. an hour. A local peculiarity is the occurrence of very delicate honeycomb structures of brown calcareous spar known as "boxwork". Part of the cave system can be visited.
On the beautiful park-like "roof" of the cave system, now a National Park, several hundred bison graze.
On the beautiful park-like "roof" of the cave system, now a National Park, several hundred bison graze.
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Address:
Wind Cave National Park, RR 1, Box 190, Hot Springs, SD 57747-9430, United States
Phone: 1 (605) 745-4600, Fax: 1 (605) 745-4207
Phone: 1 (605) 745-4600, Fax: 1 (605) 745-4207
Hours:
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November ), Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Tips: There are various tours in the park with varying fees.
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Pronghorn antelope at Wind Cave National Park.
Blacktail prairie dog in Wind Cave National Park.
A natural cave entrance at Wind Cave National Park.
A dirt road through Wind Cave National Park. 
