Sluice Family

A family enjoying our sluice machine on a hot summer day.

Diamond Caverns Building

Located off Exit 48 in Park City, Kentucky. You will pass the entrance for Mammoth Cave National Park before reaching our location.

Diamond Caverns Discovery Entrance

Timeless Beauty. Endless Exploration.

Cave Column Formation

This column is surrounded by flowstone and drapery.

Hanging Paradise

This photo was taken on the second level of the cave. Featuring one of our most famous formations “cave bacon”.

Fishtail Drapery Deposit

This calcite deposit is called fishtail due more to its shape than color.

Beautiful shadows

Drapery Formation

Draperies are deposited from calcite rich solutions flowing along an overhung surface

Back-lit Calcite Formations

Diamond Caverns is one of the most decorated caves in the Kentucky region.

Flowstone Reflection Pool

Heading back to the surface. Beautiful calcite flowstone and drapery line the walls.

Signature Rock

Signature rock has several names dating back to the mid 1800’s including some Civil War Veterans.

Imagination Room

Showing one of our larger rooms of the tour. Featuring Stalagmites and Flowstone Cave Formations.

The Path Diamond Caverns

Pathways in the cave are original and were built in the 1920’s. They can be narrow and steep in some places. We suggest a good walking shoe for our 1 hour guided tour. This photo has been lighted to show more detail.

Down in a Hole

Besides the beauty and history Diamond Caverns has to offer, we also like to have a good time. This photo is of a tourist posing as he enters our lowest level. Maybe he is thinking about the 350 steps he will have to climb to get back out?!

Diamond Caverns Underground Bridge

Featuring the haystack formation on our first level and one of 2 underground bridges.

Stalactite Dripping

One of our most popular photo spots. A near constant drip keeps our cave growing!

Horse Shadow

This Stalagmite cave formation cast a shadow that the mid 1800’s tour book referenced as looking like a running horse if a lantern swung in front of it. Do you see the horse?

Cave Bacon

These this drapery cave formations are often called cave bacon due to their banding and color.

Kentucky Family Vacation at Diamond Caverns

Plaid Girl Cave Scene

Americas 4th oldest showcave in operation for over 155yrs!

Drapery Bacon

Probably our most popular formation our cave bacon!

Reflection Pool

We call this small body of water the reflection pool. Water collects here which keeps our walkway clear of standing water. Diamond Caverns is a wet cave; which is why we have so many formations. Our cavern is still very much alive and growing.