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Oregon Caves National Monument

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Oregon Caves National Monument

Parks Directory of the United States / US National Parks / National Monuments
Address:19000 Caves Hwy
Cave Junction, OR 97523
Phone:541-592-2100
Fax:541-592-3981
Web: www.nps.gov/orca/
Size: 488 acres.
Established: Proclaimed on July 12, 1909; transferred from Forest Service on August 10, 1933.
Location:20 miles southeast of Cave Junction, Oregon, on OR 46. Park is 50 miles south of Grants Pass, Oregon, and 76 miles northeast of Crescent City, California, via US 199.
Facilities:Picnic area, rest rooms (é), lodging, restaurant/snacks, self-guided tour/trail.
Activities:Hiking, snowshoeing, ranger-led programs, guided cave tours (late March through November).
Special Features:Groundwater dissolving marble bedrock formed these cave passages and intricate flowstone formations. Above ground, the monument encompasses a remnant old-growth coniferous forest. It harbors a remarkable array of plants and a Douglas-fir tree with the widest known girth in Oregon.
See other parks in Oregon.
Parks Directory of the United States, 5th Edition. © 2007 by Omnigraphics, Inc.
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