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Jewel Cave National Monument is home to Jewel Cave, the third longest cave in the world with over 200 miles of mapped passageways. Located 13 miles west of the town of Custer in the Black Hills, the caves are filled with calcite crystals, draperies, box work, frostwork, flowstone, hydro-magnesite balloons, stalactites, and stalagmites. Open all year round, and visitors can enjoy three different tours of the cave system, namely a scenic tour, a historical tour, and wild caving tour. The scenic tour is a half-mile loop through a paved and lighted central portion of the cave; the historic tour explores the earliest-discovered part of the cave, and the wild caving tour delves into an undeveloped part of the cave.
11149 US-16 B-12, Custer, SD 57730, Phone: 605-355-3700
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