Inner Space Cavern

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Image: funicular at the cave entrance.
Photographer: Knut Brenndörfer

Location:	Beneath the I-35, 38km north of Austin. Exit 259 Georgetown, on the West side of the freeway, right on the access road.
Open:	Summer Memorial Day to Labor Day daily 9-18, Winter Labor Day to Memorial Day daily 10-17, closed 2 weeks prior christmas.
Fee:	Adults $12, Children (4-12) $7.25, Groups (20+): Adults $7, School Children (13-18) $5.50, Children (4-12) $4.50 Discovery Tour: Adults $7, Children (3-15) $5.50. [2002]
Classification:	Karst cave,
Light:	electric
Dimension:	T=22°C, L=6,400m.
Guided tours:	L=1,200m, D=75min.
Bibliography:
Address:	Inner Space Cavern, PO Box 451, Georgetown, TX 78627-0451, Tel. +1-512-931-2283.
Last update:	$Date: 2008/07/01 20:32:31 $

History

Image: a gour.
Photographer: Knut Brenndörfer


1963		discovered by a Highway Department crew drilling core holes for an overpass of a new highway.
1966		opened to the public.

Description

Inner Space Cavern is entered with a cablecar, called Scenic Subway. This cable car is a funicular, where a railroad wagon is hanging on a rope and lowered by a winch.

This cave has numerous nice speleothems, including gours, rimstone pools and helictites.

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Inner Space Cavern

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History

Description

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