Jewel Cave National Monument

We did a ranger-guided tour of Jewel Cave National Monument in South Dakota.

Entrance

Jenn getting her park passport stamp:

Stamp

Map

A map of the explored portions of the cave; it’s massive:

Cave map

Exhibits:

Exhibits

Exhibits

Gift store:

Gift store

Elevators to head down into the cave:

Elevators

The jewels of Jewel Cave:

The jewels of Jewel Cave

The jewels of Jewel Cave

The jewels of Jewel Cave

Cave formations

Cave formations and ranger

Cave formations

Cave formations

Cave formations

Cave formations

Cave formations

Cave formations

Cave formations

Cave formations

Cave formations

Lots of stairs:

Steps

Cave formations

Cave formations

Cave bacon:

Cave formations

Cave formations

Lots and lots of stairs:

Steps

Cave formations

Everyone needed to walk through a White Nose Syndrome mat when exiting:

White Nose Syndrome mat