Inner Space Cavern gives residents a chance to learn about Texas’ Ice Age

  • The caverns within the cave feature a variety of rock types and water pools.
    The caverns within the cave feature a variety of rock types and water pools.
  • The new outdoor sluice gives visitors the chance to find their own fossils, gems or arrowheads.
    The new outdoor sluice gives visitors the chance to find their own fossils, gems or arrowheads.
  • The Saber Tooth Zip ride reaches 130 feet and goes 30 miles-per-hour on the return trip.
    The Saber Tooth Zip ride reaches 130 feet and goes 30 miles-per-hour on the return trip.
Thirty-three feet underneath the constant flow of traffic on Interstate 35 lies a complex cave system that has seen the likes of the Columbian mammoth, saber tooth cat, prairie dogs and Texans alike.  First discovered on accident in 1963 by construction crews building an overpass for the highway, the cave system of Georgetown’s Inner Space Caverns has been around for hundreds of thousands of…

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