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BULLETIN 8* — Caves of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, by Robert Gulden & Mark Johnson, 1985. 135 pages describing 89 caves in 3 counties. BULLETIN 9* — Caves of the Organ Cave Plateau, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, edited by Paul J. Stevens, 1988. Over 70 pages devoted to Organ Cave, the second longest in West Virginia, 37+ miles.
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The Sinks were noted locally as the site of the last known killings of elk by hunters in what is now Randolph County, probably about 1830 and 1835. [4] (The last elk killed in all of West Virginia were shot around 1843 in nearby Canaan Valley.) In March 1864, a minor incident of the Civil War occurred at the Sinks.
The organization owns or leases 1,216 acres (4.92 km 2) of land in six states, 170+ caves, 32 cave preserves, and over $1.5 million in land assets.The SCCi is particularly interested in caves that are threatened with closure or destruction or those that provide a habitat for endangered species such as the gray bat, Tennessee cave salamander, and Hart's-tongue fern.
In a feat of epic caving over the next three years (2002–2005), members of the GVKS surveyed more than 12 miles (19 km) of virgin passage, increasing the known length of the cave from 8.5 to 20.3 miles (13.7 to 32.7 kilometers), and established Hellhole as the deepest cave drop in West Virginia—265 feet (81 m).
Seneca Caverns is a karst show cave in Germany Valley near Riverton, West Virginia, USA. It has been commercially presented since 1930. It has been commercially presented since 1930. The largest room inside the cave is the Teter Hall, which is 60 feet tall by 60 feet wide in some areas.
Lost World Caverns, located just outside Lewisburg, West Virginia, is an underground natural series of caverns. In November 1973, the caverns were registered as a National Natural Landmark [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as they "feature terraced pedestal-like stalagmites , flowstone , curtains, rimstone , domepits , and waterfalls ."
Smoke Hole Caverns (SHC) is a picturesque show cave in Grant County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Draperies in the cave. SHC were opened to the public on 30 May 1940. [1] They are located near the Smoke Hole Canyon from which the cave takes its name. They are located on WV 28 13 km west of Petersburg. Cave formations