Mammoth Cave National Park
Also known as MACA, Mammoth Cave, Mammoth Cave Biosphere Reserve
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (x).
Region
Europe and North America
United States
Inscribed
1981
Area
21,191 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Mammoth Cave National Park is about 35 km north-east of Bowling Green. The nearest other World Heritage site is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, about 300 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Bowling Green · about 71,000 peopleabout 35 km south-west
- Owensboro · about 68,000 peopleabout 110 km north-west
- Louisville · about 948,000 peopleabout 120 km north
- Madisonville · about 22,000 peopleabout 120 km west
- New Albany · about 121,000 peopleabout 130 km north
- Hopkinsville · about 36,000 peopleabout 130 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
United StatesNatural297 km away
United StatesCultural384 km away
United StatesCultural450 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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