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|- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Location: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Nearest city: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Coordinates: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Area: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Established: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top" | Visitation: | (in ) |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Governing body: | |} The Russell Cave National Monument is a U.S. National Monument in north-eastern Alabama, United States, close to the town of Bridgeport.

Russell Cave is a very large cave. It is currently listed as number 313 on the World Long Cave List [link]. The cave has a mapped length of 7.2 miles (11.6 kilometers). The Main Entrance to the cave is also exceptionally large, which made it inviting to the prehistoric peoples who used it for shelter. In addition to the Main Entrance, inside Russell Cave National Monument, there are several other entrances to this cave, including the Pig Entrance and the Canoe Entrance.

Russell Cave provided shelter for prehistoric Indians from the earliest known human settlement in the south-eastern United States, through to European colonization. The surrounding forest provided food, tools and fuel for fires.

The Monument was established on May 11, 1961, when 310 acres (1.3 km²) of land were donated by the National Geographic Society to the American people. It is now maintained by the National Park Service. As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the National Monument was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.

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