Oregon Marble Caves
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Oregon marble caves. Review of oregon caves national monument and preserve reviewed may 17 2014 the beauty of these caves lies in their diversity of formations. Oregon caves has passageways that total about 15 000 feet in length and represent one of the few cave systems in the united states to be formed in marble. Eons of acidic water seeping into marble rock created and decorated the wondrous marble halls of oregon join a tour get a taste of what caving is all about and explore a mountain from the inside and out. The 4 554 acre 1 843 ha park including the marble cave is 20 miles 32 km east of cave junction on oregon route 46.
The only marble caves in the us all others are limestone are seasonably operated as they are about 4000 feet elevation and usually open late april when the snowpack has diminished. Then take a look at the off trail tour video featuring mud tight squeezes boulder scrambles and marble crawls. Want to see real oregon caves caving. Discover the marble halls of oregon deep within the siskiyou mountains are dark twisting passages that await your discovery.
The marble caves of oregon were formed when acidic rainwater fell on the mountainous forests and dissolved the marble rock below the surface.