Tuckaleechee Caverns

Local nameTuckaleechee Caverns
LocationTennessee, United States

Tuckaleechee Caverns is a tourist attraction and the highest rated cave or caverns by AAA East of the Mississippi river. Tuckaleechee runs under the Smoky Mountains National Park to Townsend, Tennessee. 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.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuckaleechee_Caverns

Official Website https://www.tuckaleecheecaverns.com/

Phone +1 865-448-2274

Coordinates 35°39'29.011" N -83°46'27.084" E

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