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Natural Tunnel State Park offers nine hiking trails covering almost 6 miles throughout the park, with the longest one - Purchase Ridge - being over 2 miles long. These trails lead to many of the unique features in the park, including Lover's Leap and the Tunnel floor, where visitors can access a 500-foot boardwalk and observation deck with accessibility to guests with disabilities. The creation of Natural Tunnel began more than a million years ago in the early glacial period when groundwater bearing carbonic acid percolated through crevices and slowly dissolved surrounding limestone and dolomite bedrock. Then, what is now Stock Creek was probably diverted underground to continue carving the tunnel slowly over many centuries. The walls of the tunnel show evidence of prehistoric life, and many fossils can be found in the creek bed and on tunnel walls. Although pedestrian access to the tunnel is prohibited, our interpretative staff offers the Stock Creek Passage tour, where small groups are led through the tunnel via Stock Creek and the geologic processes that led to the creation of the tunnel are discussed. Take a few minutes to explore the links to our facilities and programs listed
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