Tuckaleechee Caverns
Tuckaleechee Caverns () is a set of caverns and tourist attraction in Townsend, Tennessee, near the Smoky Mountains. The caverns were discovered in the mid-19th century and were opened to the public by Bill Vananda and Harry Myers in 1953. The caverns are known for the "Big Room", an immense cave/cavern room with many stalagmites reaching 24 feet tall with flow-stone formations hundreds of feet in length and width.
Tuckaleechee Caverns also has a large underground waterfall named "Silver Falls", a 210-foot two-tier waterfall. The cavern originates at White Oak Sinks in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Caverns also host a seismograph system monitored by the United States Department of Defense and the United States Geological Survey (USGS).[1]
References
- ^ "Tuckaleechee Caverns: Greatest Site Under the Smokies". Blue Ridge Digest (Fall 2016): 22. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- https://www.ctbto.org/verification-regime/featured-stations/types/auxiliary-seismic/as107-tuckaleechee-cavernstennessee-united-states/
- https://www.usgs.gov/