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The Cascade Caverns is a 45 minute to an hour tour in Texas providing tourists a glimpse of the historic and beautiful Cascade caverns. The tour is the only cavern tour in the whole of the Lone Star state that even boasts of a cave with an interior waterfall inside it. The Cascade Caverns tours is also an educational tour that lets kids and adults alike learn new things about with regards to Geology such as the formation of stalagmites and stalactites.

The grounds around the Cascade Caverns is also an ideal place for picnics and big gatherings as the grounds itself boasts of a 105 acre park where children can run around and enjoy the rest of the day while adults can lounge around the park. Rental for camping equipments plus other accessories usually differ from area to area. Cascade Caverns also offer group camping with bigger discounts.

The Cascade Caverns is important not only for the local Texans but also for Archeologists and geologists alike. Biologists have discovered one new type of Salamander and two interesting looking frogs through years of excavation and exploration within the caverns.

These caverns have also yielded surprising discoveries in the field of Paleontology. One recent excavation surprised people with the discovery of the remains of a Mastadon elephant's tusk in one of the areas within the cave. A shinbone belonging to a mastodon was also excavated in recent times. Other remains from the cave which have been found were parts of the sabretoothed-tiger as well as skeletal remains of an ancient bison.

The caverns have also yielded some archeological finds which have been sent to the Smithsonian including gun artifacts and American Indian artifacts. There are also some animals that can be found exclusively within the caverns including the Leopard frogs, Eastern Pipistrelle Bats, cave ground bettles and the Cascade Cavern Salamanders which are endemic only to the area.

The park outside the Cascade Caverns can also be used as a unique party venue as well as place for musical events and corporate retreats.
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