WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. -- Wind Cave National Park will offer free tours on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, January 16.

A tour of the Fairgrounds will be offered at 1 p.m. This tour is 90 minutes in length and traverses 450 stairs with a maximum tour size of 40 people. Tours of the Garden of Eden area of the cave will be offered at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. This hour-long tour has 150 stairs and a tour limit of 30 people. Both tours will view the boxwork cave formation for which the cave is famous.

While the tours are free, tickets are limited. Half of the tour tickets will be available at www.recreation.gov up until 3 days before the tour. Any remaining tickets, and the other half of the tickets, will be available for same day purchase in person at the visitor center. All tours begin at the visitor center located ½-mile off US Highway 385.

For more information, contact Wind Cave National Park at 605-745-4600.

Photo caption: Tours of Wind Cave will be free on January 16, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (NPS Photo)