TIMPANOGOS CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT

FACTS

• There is actually 3 caves at this National Park. The Hansen cave being discovered first in 1887 by Martin Hansen. Timpanogos Cave wasnt found until 1915 and the Middle cave discovered in 1921.
• They had to build man made tunnels to connect all 3 caves
• Became a National Monument in 1922
• Temperature inside the cave was 42 degrees
• Its a 1.5 mile hike up to the caves with a 1,092 ft elevation gain

i liked how this tree was growing

chipmunk in the trashcan, if he wasnt so snippy I wouldve tried to get him out

Natural enterence to Hansen Cave

Hansen Cave Lake

Flowstone

shows you how big these things are


helictites

this is over 500,000 years in the making
these are orange from the iron the water picked up in the soil

original natural enterence to Timpanogos Cave

American Fork Creek