Kickapoo Cavern State Park

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Kickapoo Cavern State Park
Kickapoo Cavern State Park, October 2020
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Location	Edwards County, Texas; Kinney County, Texas
Nearest city	Brackettville, Texas
Coordinates	29°36′43″N 100°26′54″W / 29.61194°N 100.44833°W / 29.61194; -100.44833
Area	6,368 acres (2,577 ha)
Created	1991
Operated by	Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Visitors	8,434 (in 2022)^[1]

Kickapoo Cavern State Park is a state park straddling the Kinney and Edwards county line in Texas, located 22 miles north of Brackettville. The park is 6,368 acres (2,577 ha).^[2]

The state park

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Kickapoo Cavern was opened as a state park in 1991.^[2]

Interesting features of the park include 20 known caves, two of which are large enough to be significant.^[3] Kickapoo Cavern is approximately .25 mile in length (1400 feet). It contains 14 miles of mountain biking trails, and 18 miles of undesignated hiking and birding trails.

Tours

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Primitive tours of Kickapoo Cavern are scheduled every Saturday and require reservations.^[4]

Wildlife

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Mammals commonly found in the park include whitetail deer, raccoon, ringtail, gray fox, rock squirrel, porcupine, rabbit, and various other rodents. Commonly found birds are Gray vireo, Varied bunting, and Montezuma quail. Also, various uncommon species of reptiles and amphibians live in the park, including the Barking frog, Mottled Rock Rattlesnake, and Texas alligator lizard.^[5]

References

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^ Christopher Adams (February 24, 2023). "What is the most visited state park in Texas? Here's the top 10 countdown". KXAN.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Kickapoo Cavern State Park History — Texas Parks & Wildlife Department". tpwd.texas.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
^ "Kickapoo Cavern State Park — Texas Parks & Wildlife Department". tpwd.texas.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
^ "Kickapoo Cavern State Park Cave Tours — Texas Parks & Wildlife Department". tpwd.texas.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
^ "Kickapoo Cavern State Park Nature — Texas Parks & Wildlife Department". tpwd.texas.gov. Retrieved March 25, 2022.

External links

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Protected areas of Texas

Federal

National Parks	Big Bend Guadalupe Mountains
National monuments and memorials	Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument Castner Range National Monument Chamizal National Memorial Military Working Dog Teams National Monument Waco Mammoth National Monument
National Historical Parks and Historic Sites	Fort Davis NHS Lyndon B. Johnson NHP Palo Alto Battlefield NHP San Antonio Missions NHP
National Historic Trails	El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
National Recreation Areas	Amistad Lake Meredith
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Rio Grande
National Wildlife Refuges	Anahuac Aransas Attwater Prairie Chicken Balcones Canyonlands Big Boggy Brazoria Buffalo Lake Caddo Lake Grulla Hagerman Laguna Atascosa Little Sandy Lower Rio Grande Valley McFaddin Muleshoe Neches River San Bernard Santa Ana Texas Point Trinity River
National Forests	Angelina Davy Crockett Sabine Sam Houston
National Grasslands	Caddo Lyndon B. Johnson McClellan Creek Rita Blanca
Other Protected Areas	Big Thicket National Preserve Padre Island National Seashore

State

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State Forests and Arboretums	E.O. Siecke I.D. Fairchild John Henry Kirby Masterson W. Goodrich Jones Ruth Bowling Nichols Arboretum Olive Scott Petty Arboretum
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