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Providing Cave Stewardship in Southwest Virginia and Eastern Tennessee |
The
Second Oldest Cave Conservancy in the United States – Founded in 1978 |
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Bill James in Ghosttown Click
on image for a
higher resolution picture. 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 |
Appalachian
Cave Conservancy |
Access
Table for Caves Owned, Managed, and/or Leased by the
Appalachian
Cave Conservancy
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Cave Name |
Virginia County |
Manager |
Cave Property Owned by |
Gate |
Access permission
required |
Access |
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Gilley Cave |
Lee |
Josh Garrett |
ACC |
Yes |
Yes |
1 |
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Daniel Boone Caverns aka
Ellington and Gillenwater Caves |
Scott |
Josh Garrett |
ACC member |
Yes |
Yes |
3 |
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Winding Stair |
Scott |
Josh Garrett |
Friend of ACC |
No |
Suggested |
2 |
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Dungeon aka Brickey’s Pit |
Scott |
Josh Garrett |
Friend of ACC |
No |
Suggested |
2 |
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Funnel |
Scott |
Josh Garrett |
Friend of ACC |
No |
Closed temporarily - unstable passage |
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Coley Cave # 1 |
Scott |
Bill James |
Friend of ACC |
No |
Yes |
2 |
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Coley Cave # 2 |
Scott |
Bill James |
Friend of ACC |
No |
Yes |
2 |
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Cox Ridge Cave |
Scott |
Bill James |
Friend of ACC |
Yes |
Yes |
1 |
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Cat Hole |
Scott |
Bill James |
Friend of ACC |
No |
CAVE CLOSED |
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Perkins Cave |
Washington |
Jason Lachniet John Wilson |
ACC Board member |
Yes |
Yes |
3 |
Contact
information
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Manager |
Email |
Cell Phone |
City |
State |
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Josh Garrett |
joshieG01@yahoo.com |
276-546-4591 |
Pennington,
Gap |
VA |
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Bill James |
2dark2c1@gmail.com |
423-534-9354 |
Gray |
TN |
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Jason Lachniet |
jason.lachniet@gmail.com |
276-492-4376 |
Glade
Spring |
VA |
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John M.
Wilson |
jmwgeo@gmail.com
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808-929-8256 |
Ocean View |
HI |
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 manager.
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.
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.