National Park Week to kick off with Wildflower Day celebration in Mammoth Cave

MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. – Mammoth Cave National Park will kick off National Park Week with the annual Wildflower Day celebration and a day of self-guided discovery cave tours on April 20.

National Park Week lasts from April 20 through April 28.

The Wildflower Day activities begin at 8:30 a.m. CDT, while the Discovery Tour will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public with no tickets or reservations required.

Park rangers will help guide Wildflower Day guests on several park trails and provide kid’s crafts and Junior Ranger activities. There will also be a display of native wildflowers at the visitor center that have been harvested from outside of the park by the Warren County Garden Club.

Wildflower experts will be on hand to answer questions and provide suggestions on the best trails to see what is currently in bloom, and a quilting demonstration will show off locally made quilts.

The self-guided cave tour begins at the Historic Entrance of Mammoth Cave and is approximately three quarters of a mile in length. The route requires participants to walk down and up a steep hill as well as navigate 160 steps.

To learn more, visit nps.gov/maca/planyourvisit/cave-tours.