Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah.
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Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Utah: We wish to thank Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for some of the information on this page. We share information with Wikipedia. Timpanogos Cave National Monument is located on Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Mountains in American Fork Canyon near American Fork, Utah, in the United States. There is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) trail to the cave that is paved, but very steep. The Timpanogos Cave National Monument has three caves that are open to the public. The three caves of the system are only viewable on guided tours when the monument is open, usually from May through mid - October depending on snow conditions and funding. The three caves are: Hansen Cave, Middle Cave, and Timpanogos Cave. The three caves are connected by manmade tunnels blasted in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration. The cave system is located in the Deseret Limestone Mississippian age limestone, formed around 340 million years ago. The cave cavity was formed initially by a series of faults running off of the Wasatch fault. Since that time, hydrothermal water action, and uplift of the Wasatch Mountains has formed the modern cave system. With the speleothems, first starting to grow within the last 750,000 years based as the cave system has been slowly lifting above the American Fork River. Many colorful cave features or speleothems can be seen. Among the most interesting are the helictites, which are like hollowed, twisted, spiraling straws of rock.