Forestville Mystery Cave State Park
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Forestville Mystery Cave State Park is a Minnesota state park. It contains the village of Forestville which has been restored to a nineteenth century appearance. The Minnesota Historical Society operates it as a historic site. Belowground the park contains Mystery Cave, the longest cave in the state which is open to the public. The park is located near Preston, Minnesota.
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[edit] The Cave
The Cave is located in Forestville Minnesota; it includes stalactites, stalagmites and underground pools. It is a constant 48 degrees Fahrenheit underground. There are over 12 miles of passage in 2 rock layers. It is about 3,170 acres; there are 133,756 annual visits and 26,256 overnight visits.
[edit] History
About 2 to 5 million years ago there was material deposited in shallow seas and as the deposits increased in thickness, the layers on the bottom were compressed to form limestone, shale and sandstone. Now days these rocks are 1300 feet above the sea. Within the past few years caves and sinkholes have formed.
[edit] Wildlife
In this park you can find a lot of different wildlife, they have found rare [glacial snails to timber rattlesnake]s. There have also been sightings of deer, raccoon, beaver, mink, opossum, woodchucks, four species of squirrels, and red and grey fox. There have also been at least 175 species of birds recorded in the park.
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