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“Limestone wonder”
Longhorn Cavern State Park features Longhorn Cavern, a Texas Hill Country wonder created over thousands of years by the dissolving and cutting action of water on the limestone bedrock of the area. Fossil remains show that many Ice Age animals once occupied the cave. Our earliest records indicate that the Comanche Indians were the first to use the cavern. They came in about 400 years or so before anyone else did. In more recent history, the cavern was used as a Confederate stronghold where gunpowder was manufactured in secret during the Civil War. The cavern is also rumored to have been the hideout of Sam Bass, a legendary Texas outlaw. Longhorn Cavern is one of the few river-formed caverns in Texas.
Really fun cave tour. The caves stay cool, so it's a very reasonable summer afternoon activity after a hike and cliff jump at Ink Lakes, which is exactly what we did! Best parts of the tour were... Read more
Highly highly highly highly recommend going to this park if you are in Austin Area. It's a very cool spot to visit and the history to Learn how this cave was created is amazing. For $25 a person... Read more
Great stop on our trip to Marble Falls. The trails and the views are worth it. We enjoyed a reasonable priced informative tour along with some nature trails that are easy to walk. Plenty of signs... Read more
Longhorn Cavern State Park
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- Sun, Sat: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Mon - Fri: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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