Great Onyx Cave Road

Great Onyx Cave Road is a 3.98-mile out-and-back foot trail in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. It climbs 273 ft to a high point of 841 ft. Difficulty: easy, from the NPS hiking-rating formula.

Great Onyx Cave Road, Mammoth Cave National Park
Photo: United States Geological Survey W. T. Lee · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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