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-
- Providing Cave Stewardship in
- Southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee
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The Second Oldest Cave Conservancy in the United
States – Founded in 1978 |
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- Bill James
- in Ghosttown
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- Click on image for
- a higher resolution picture.
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- Photo
- Peter and Ann Bosted
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- Stephanie Cookenour
- in Ghosttown
- Entrance
Click on image for a higher resolution picture.
- Photo
- Peter and Ann Bosted
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Access Table for
Caves Owned, Managed, and/or Leased by the
Appalachian Cave Conservancy
-
Cave Name
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Virginia
-
County
|
- Manager
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- Cave Property Owned by
|
- Gate
|
- Access
- permission required
|
- Access
-
|
-
Gilley Cave
|
-
Lee
|
-
Gary Fielden
|
-
ACC
|
-
Yes
|
-
Yes
|
-
1
|
-
Daniel Boone Caverns
-
AKA
Ellington
Cave and
Gillenwater Cave
|
-
Scott
|
-
Jonathan Rossi
|
-
ACC member
|
-
Yes
|
-
Yes
|
-
3
|
-
Winding Stair
|
-
Scott
|
-
Jonathan Rossi
|
- Friend of ACC
|
- No
|
- Suggested
|
- 2
|
-
Dungeon
Aka Brickey’s Pit
|
-
Scott
|
-
Jonathan Rossi
|
- Friend of ACC
|
- No
|
- Suggested
|
- 2
|
-
Funnel
|
-
Scott
|
-
Jonathan Rossi
|
- Friend of ACC
|
- No
|
- Suggested
|
- 2
|
-
Blowing Hole Cave
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-
Scott
|
- Bill James
|
- Friend of ACC
|
- No
|
- Suggested
|
- 2
|
-
Coley Cave # 1
|
-
Scott
|
- Bill James
|
- Friend of ACC
|
- No
|
- Suggested
|
- 2
|
-
Coley Cave # 2
|
-
Scott
|
- Bill James
|
- Friend of ACC
|
- No
|
- Suggested
|
- 2
|
-
Cox Ridge Cave
|
-
Scott
|
- Bill James
|
- Friend of ACC
|
- Yes
|
- Yes
|
- 1
|
-
Perkins Cave
|
-
Washington
|
- John M. Wilson
|
- ACC board member
|
- Yes
|
- Yes
|
- 3
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- Contact information
- Access Summary
- 1 Cave is open to all responsible
cavers. Please refer to the management plan for details. The key is available from the manager.
- 2 Cave is open to all responsible
cavers. Suggest that a courtesy permission request be made to the
manger.
- 3 At the request of the property
owner, the cave is not available for unsupervised recreational
caving. All access to this cave will have a leader and supervisor
from the management committee. Generally most trips into this cave
are for conservation, science or other important management
purposes.
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-
ACC recommends that cave clothing and equipment
be
cleaned before entering any ACC managed cave.
The Appalachian Cave Conservancy,
formerly known as the Perkins Cave
Conservation and Management Society,
is a Conservancy of the National Speleological Society. Click here for more
information about Cave Conservancies.
