Recreation facilities consist of 8 campgrounds, accommodating 300 campsites and 2 boat-launching ramps. Surface available for recreation includes 780 acres. Primary recreation activities include camping and fishing. Fish species available include mackinaw trout, rainbow trout, and brook trout. Facilities closed in winter due to ice and snow, but popular area for ice fishing.Turquoise Lake is a feature of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. Recreation is managed by the Forest Service for Reclamation as part of the San Isabel National Forest. Current reservoir levels.

<p>Recreation facilities consist of 8 campgrounds, accommodating 300 campsites and 2 boat-launching ramps. Surface available for recreation includes 780 acres. Primary recreation activities include camping and fishing. Fish species available include mackinaw trout, rainbow trout, and brook trout. Facilities closed in winter due to ice and snow, but popular area for ice fishing.Turquoise Lake is a feature of the <a href="http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/fryark.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fryingpan-Arkansas Project</a>.  Recreation is managed by the Forest Service for Reclamation as part of the San Isabel National Forest. <a href="http://www.usbr.gov/gp-bin/arcweb_turq.pl" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Current reservoir levels</a>.</p>

Large room with high ceilings and artifacts from the War of 1812

The Giants Coffin, a historic landmark in the cave

The Giants Coffin, a very large rock along the tourist trail.

Stairs lead into down into the cave at the Historic Entrance of Mammoth Cave.

Historic Entrance

The Rotunda is the first large room seen inside the Historic Entrance.

Large cave passageway with a tour group gathered along handrails listening to the ranger.

Large open cave passageway with a sidewalk leading down the middle.

One of two stone huts from the tuberculosis experiment that took place in the 1840s.

Turquoise Lake

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