41108: Cedar Park Plans for Cave Day

Saturday, April 12 marks Cave Day in Cedar Park, an event hosted by the Texas Cave Conservancy. It offers a chance to look at the many caves in the region as well as a rare cave beetle, the Rhadine persephone beetle, only found in the Cedar Park area.

The event takes place at four sites in the area, starting at Kay Redden Park, located at the corner of Lake Creek Boulevard and Buttercup Creek Boulevard. Nearby, visitors will see the seven caves in the Buttercup Cave Preserve (although there’s no cave entry here). Cave expert Bill Larson will talk about the discovery and history of each cave. Tours will be offered at 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M

The next stop is the Twin Creeks Historical Area, a new park that’s home to an historical log cabin, springs, and even an Indian Shelter Cave available for visitation.

The third site is the Texas Cave Conservancy owned Educational Show Cave. Visitors first need to pick up a cave entry pass at Kay Redden Park. Allow a fifteen -minute drive to the cave.

The last stop will be a tour of the new City of Cedar Park- Discovery Well Cave Preserve. This tour will start at 3:00 P.M.

We plan to attend Cave Day and hope to come back with some good photos of the facilities to share next week!

For additional information:
• call the City of Cedar Park-Parks & Recreation Department, 512-401-5500