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A tupelo gum swamp in an unusual inland location. Cathedral Caverns: June 1972: Grant: Jackson: State A 11,000 feet (3,400 m) long cave which includes Goliath, a 45 feet (14 m) stalagmite. Dismals Canyon: May 1974: Hackleburg
Shelta Cave is a 2,500-foot-long (760 m) cave and lake located in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, United States. It is described as one of the most bio-diverse caves within the Appalachian Mountains. The cave is currently owned and managed as a nature preserve by the National Speleological Society, with their main offices directly above ...
1 Alabama. 2 Alaska. 3 Arizona. 4 Arkansas. 5 California. 6 Colorado. 7 Connecticut. 8 Delaware. ... Horse Cave also known as "Hidden River Cave" Lost River Cave ...
Pages in category "Caves of Alabama" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Cathedral Caverns is a karst cave with a large stalagmite forest covering approximately 3 acres (1.2 ha). The public portion of the cave extends along 8-foot-wide (2.4 m) wheelchair-accessible, concrete walkways for approximately 3,500 feet (1,100 m) and has some 2 miles (3.2 km) of paths; another 2,700 feet (820 m) extend beyond the end of the pathway. [3]
The main room of the cave is just over ten stories high and larger than a football field. The entrance has been enlarged from an earlier period when it was a 4-foot-high (1.2 m) by 8-foot-wide (2.4 m) hole in the side of a hill. It was thought at one time that the cave system was very large, extending from near Childersburg to Talladega, Alabama.
Rickwood Caverns State Park is a public recreation area and natural history preserve located 7 miles (11 km) north of Warrior, Alabama. [1] The 380-acre (150 ha) state park offers tours of caverns with illuminated limestone formations estimated to be 260 million years old, blind cave fish, and an underground pool.
Alabama is home to a wealth of caves; northeast Alabama is considered a cave "hotspot" in the United States because of its many caves and the number of animals inhabiting those environments. This area contains approximately two-thirds of the state's caves, but numerous other parts of the state possess the geology necessary for cave formation ...