PONDS: Cave Creek has been diverted into two ponds: one is fed by an eight foot waterfall located directly below the main cave entrance; the other is in the Chateau's courtyard. The 1929 concessioner-built pond at the cave entrance was replaced by the extant CCC-constructed 1935 triangular shaped pond. This three-foot-deep, 20-foot-wide pond is lined with native stone and plantings were placed under the direction of Howard Buford. Also built by the CCC in 1935, the oblong Chateau pond is six feet deep, and is up to 40 feet long and 30 feet wide at points. Treated log slab paving in the courtyard was replaced with asphalt in 1952. In 1990, the pond was dredged and lined with native stone.