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Fat Man's Misery, Mammoth Cave National Park

4.6

#1 of 16 in Trails in Kentucky

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Part of the guided tours of Mammoth Cave, Fat Man's Misery is a narrow passageway inside the cave that takes about 15 minutes to navigate through. Rather narrow at the bottom with limited foot space, and opening up above the waist, the passageway requires quite a bit of twisting, turning sideways, bending at the waist, and ducking under low ceiling in some places. Not for the claustrophobic. To visit Fat Man's Misery and other attractions in Mammoth Cave National Park, use our Mammoth Cave National Park online trip itinerary maker .

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234 reviews

• By carold780

  This is a long long walk in with many stairs out but kids and teens (and adults) love this tour! The park is also beautiful and the Visitor Center has everything one would want in a National Park!  more »

• By Irask200

  Don’t read the comments and psych yourself out of going on the tour (reading some reviews in here almost made me back out of the tour). I’m 5’10 inches and pushing 300lbs and I made it through this pa...  more »

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