Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§404c–12 Entrance roads
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XLVII— - MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK › § 404c–12
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may accept donated land or acquire property (by purchase or condemnation) to create one entrance road to Mammoth Cave Park. Property for this may lie within areas up to one mile wide from the park to U.S. Highway 31‑W, and up to one‑half mile on each side for two miles; land to protect the road must be at least 500 feet wide on each side.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §404c–12
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For the purpose of developing a proper and suitable entrance road to the Mammoth Cave National Park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to accept on behalf of the United States donations of lands, buildings, structures, and other property or interests therein, or to acquire such property with donated funds by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, within an area or areas to be determined by him, but (a) not to exceed one mile in width, extending from the exterior boundary of the Mammoth Cave National Park to a point to be selected by him on United States Highway Numbered 31–W, and (b) not to exceed one-half mile in width on either side of United States Highway Numbered 31–W and running for a distance of not to exceed two miles along said highway. Lands acquired for purposes of protecting such entrance roads shall not be less than five hundred feet in width on either side of said roads: Provided, That only one such entrance road shall be established between United States Highway Numbered 31–W and Mammoth Cave National Park pursuant to this Act.
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16 U.S.C. § 404c–12
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73