Wind Cave

South Dakota has its Wind Cave distinguished as one of the longest and most complex cave in the world. Wind Cave is very remarkable in its own way and many people go here, especially tourists, to marvel at the exquisiteness of this wind cave.

Moreover, the Wind Cave Park’s main features are the 28,295 acres of mixed-grass prairie, ponderosa pine forest, and associated wildlife such as:

• Bison
• Elk
• Pronghorn
• Mule deer
• Coyotes
• Prairie dogs.

The Wind Cave is also popularly known for its excellent display of box work, which is an extraordinary cave formation, comprised of slim calcite fins that resemble honeycombs.

Furthermore, it was the brothers, Tom and Jesse Bingham, who first discovered the cave in 1881. They were attracted to the whistling sound of the wind coming from the cave entrance. When Tom looked down to the cave’s hole, the wind was blowing out of the cave with such force that it blew off his hat. The cool wind they heard and felt explains the cave's name. In 1890s, the South Dakota Mining Company employed J.D. McDonald to find gold in the cave, but was ultimately unsuccessful.

However, a good opportunity was eventually carried out to provide tours into this amazing cave. From then, the cave was explored using only candlelight plus merely crawling through some of its narrow passageways.