Mammoth Cave National Park - 2 Day Trip

This trip is planned from Jackson, TN.  It can be revised to fit your location.

*Because of delays in our plans caused by our car getting broken into at the Narrows of the Harpeth State Park, We did not get to do a few things on our schedule. (Cedar Sink Trail, River Styx Spring Trail, Junior Ranger Track)

Day 1:

7:00am - Leave Home

9:00am to 9:30am - Narrows of the Harpeth - Narrows of the Harpeth Rd, Kingston Springs, TN

11:30pm - Mammoth Cave National Park - 1 Mammoth Cave Parkway, Mammoth Cave, KY

Visitor Center Hours: 8am to 6:30pm
Camping: Mammoth Cave Campground $17-20 night

Site #3

 Reservations: 270-758-2424
Cave Tour: Historic Tour - 2:45pm - 4:45pm
 Cave Tour Admission: Adults $10, Kids $8

Fat Man's Misery

Preventing the spread of White-Nose Syndrome

Junior Ranger Program

Junior Ranger Oath

11:30am to 12:00pm - Cedar Sink Trail
12:05pm to 12:30pm - Sloans Crossing Pond

12:40pm to 1:45pm - Mammoth Cave Campground - Check-In, Lunch, Set-Up
1:50pm to 2:45pm - Visitor Center
2:45pm to 4:45pm - Historic Tour
5:00pm - 5:15pm - Sand Cave Trail

5:30pm  - Mammoth Cave Campground - Dinner

Day 2:

9:25am - Leave Camp

9:30am to 10:00am - River Styx Spring Trail

10:30am to 11:15am - Junior Ranger Track

11:30am to 12:30pm - Big Mike's Rock Museum & Gift Shop - 566 Old Mammoth Cave Rd., Cave City, KY

Ari is searching for the perfect rock

Hours: Monday thru Sunday 9am to 8pm
Mystery House Admission: $1

Notice the front legs are in the air

Kerry aka Superman

*The kids and Kerry proclaimed this the highlight of the trip.  It really was a cool place, it was well worth more than we paid to get in.

He really can climb the walls!

1:30pmCT/2:30pmET - 3:30pmET - Abraham Lincoln Boyhood Home at Knob Creek
7120 Bardstown Rd, Hodgenville, KY
Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm ET
Admission: Free




3:45pmET - 4:45pmET - Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park - 2995 Lincoln Farm Rd, Hodgenville, KY
Hours: 8am to 6:45pm ET
Admission: Free

Lincoln Memorial

 Sinking Spring

Junior Ranger Program

My Junior Rangers

9:00pm CT - Home


Secondary Plan:

Day 1:

8:00am - Leave Home

10:00am to 10:30am - Worst Train Wreck in US History - White Bridge Rd., Nashville, TN

12:00pm - Mammoth Cave National Park - 1 Mammoth Cave Parkway, Mammoth Cave, KY
Visitor Center Hours: 8am to 6:30pm
Camping: Mammoth Cave Campground $17-20 night
Reservations: 270-758-2424
Cave Tour: Frozen Niagara Tour - 1pm, 3:15pm and 4:15pm
Cave Tour Admission: Adults $10, Kids $8

Junior Ranger Program

Trails: Cedar Sink Trail - 0.8 mile
River Styx Spring Trail - 0.6 mile
Sloans Crossing Pond - 0.4 mile
Sand Cave Trail - 0.1 mile

Day 2:

8:45am - Leave Camp

9am to 10am - Big Mike's Rock Museum & Gift Shop - 566 Old Mammoth Cave Rd., Cave City, KY
Hours: Monday thru Sunday 9am to 8pm
Mystery House Admission: $1

10:15am to 3:00pm - Kentucky Down Under - 3700 L and N Turnpike Rd., Horse Cave, KY
Hours: 9am to 4pm
Admission: Adults $22, Kids $13
Outback Cafe

6:30pm - Home

Other lodging options:

Wigwam Village Motel - 601 N Dixie Hwy, Cave City, KY - $50-$70 night