The entrance takes you down a long hall with posted lists on facts for visitors to read and be entertained.
There is a decent parking lot close to the entrance and a small covered area, which I assume is where you meet for the tram rides. It is the largest building in Kentucky and one of the most eco-friendly as the large amount of limestone which provided insulation for keeping the facility at a constant 58 degrees. The facility is a big cavern (cavern, not cave as it is man made) that has been partially filled in over time. The bike park is a great idea in my mind because it will be available year round – weather will never again be a factor! The attractions include a tram ride, “Mega Quest” – a rope adventure area, “Mega Zip” – underground zip lines and opening soon, “Mega Underground Bike Park”. More recently the owners decided to stray away from storage and started installing some first class entertainment! After backfilling some 50-60 feet of the cavern, Louisville Mega Caverns were born. You needed to be on a secret list which included the governor, soldiers from Fort Knox, important people and supposedly Colonel Sanders of KFC fame! The city of Louisville had about 788,000 people at the time it would have only been able to house about 16% of the local population so not everyone was invited. The caverns are huge, over 4 million square feet and the space was used for several purposes such as a dumping ground / recycling center for inorganic materials, a worm farm, a storage facility for the city’s road salt supply, secure temperature controlled storage and my favorite, a huge civil defense shelter! The caverns were slated to house over 50,000 people should there be a nuclear attack on the United States.
which was a company designed to provide ultra-safe, ultra-secure storage. It was purchased in 1989 and it became the Louisville Underground, LLC. The mine shut down in 1972 100 acres of materials had been removed and the space left about 17 miles of underground space. History of the Mega Caverns in Louisville, Kentucky The mine was first known as the Louisville Crushed Stone Company in the 1930 which provided construction material for the building of the roads and bridges around the Midwest. The Louisville Mega Cavern offers visitors several adventure opportunities, such as zip lining rope courses, it is a little pricey but alot of fun!! In this post I will talk about the history of the caverns and the available entertainment. (Barbara may be planning on writing a post on the caverns, but I thought I would beat her to it!). Hello everyone, it’s Jeff again and this time I’m posting about our recent trip to Louisville, Kentucky and a visit to the Louisville Mega Cavern.
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