Editing Mammoth Cave National Park (section)

====Related and nearby caves====
At least two other massive cave systems lie short distances from Mammoth Cave: the [[Fisher Ridge Cave System]] and the [[Martin Ridge Cave System]]. The Fisher Ridge Cave System was discovered in January 1981 by a group of Michigan cavers associated with the Detroit Urban Grotto of the [[National Speleological Society]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hobbs III |editor1-first=Horton H. |editor2-last=Olson |editor2-first=Rickard A. |editor3-last=Winkler |editor3-first=Elizabeth G. |editor4-last=Culver |editor4-first=David C. |title=Mammoth Cave: A Human and Natural History |date=2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=9783319537184 |page=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzgoDwAAQBAJ |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423120938/https://books.google.com/books?id=uzgoDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> So far, the Fisher Ridge Cave System has been mapped to {{convert|131|mi}}.<ref name="NSS_LONG" /> In 1976, Rick Schwartz discovered a large cave south of the Mammoth Cave park boundary. This cave became known as the Martin Ridge Cave System in 1996, as new exploration connected the 3 nearby caves of Whigpistle Cave (Schwartz's original entrance), Martin Ridge Cave, and Jackpot Cave. As of 2018, the Martin Ridge Cave System had been mapped to a length of {{convert|34|mi}}, and exploration continued.<ref>{{cite web |last= Gulden |first= Bob |author-link=Robert Gulden  |title= USA Longest Caves |date= July 11, 2011 |url= http://www.caverbob.com/usalong.htm |access-date= 24 July 2018 |archive-date= 5 April 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100405120738/http://www.caverbob.com/usalong.htm |url-status= usurped }}</ref>

Located {{convert|7|mi}} from the visitors center is Diamond Caverns. On display there is a stagecoach used to ferry visitors from the nearby Bells Tavern train stop in Park City, Kentucky to both Diamond Caverns and Mammoth Cave.<ref>{{Cite news |last=KINSLOW |first=GINA |date=March 28, 2019 |title=Stagecoach on display at National Cave Museum and Library at Diamond Caverns |work=Glasgow Daily Times |url=http://www.mcnpa.org/pdf/MCNPA_190328_Article.pdf}}</ref>