Re: Gathering Territory Trivia # 12 And thanks!

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Posted by MMMMarcia on May 22, 2001 at 09:21:07:

In Reply to: Gathering Territory Trivia # 12 posted by Diana S. on May 22, 2001 at 07:32:51:

: GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD Mo-'nin MohicanLand,

: #12 - Bat Cave, located just a little farther up the Hickory Nut Gorge on Hwy 64 past Chimney Rock, is believed to be the World's Largest Fissure Cave. No one knows for sure how expansive it is because it has never been entirely mapped out. The main room of the cave is 85 feet high and over 300 feet wide. Most caves are formed by water seeping through limestone, but fissure caves are faults in the earth's stone content.

: Bat Cave used to be home to a great flock of bats, but most have been driven away or killed by marauding visitors. These folks have also destroyed other delicate plant and animal life at the cave, as well as marring the walls.

: The cave is now privately owned and protected by the North Carolina Nature Conservancy. They conduct limited guided tours by appointment only.
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THAT explains why I have never been able to find THE Bat Cave! I've driven through the community many times, and always wondered why there were no directions to the cave. I would have LOVED to have seen it, but this sounds like a much better plan in the long run. Too many people often equal destruction of a fragile environment, or as the Eagles say, "Call a place Paradise, Kiss it goodbye!" The Nature Conservancy is doing a wonderful job of preserving many of these areas, and I'll forego the pleasure of hangin' around Bat Cave if that's what it takes to save it.

Thanks again, Diana, for such interesting tidbits. (GREAT talking to you last night, too! We are SUCH chatterboxes!)

MMMMarcia

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: : GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD Mo-'nin MohicanLand,

: : #12 - Bat Cave, located just a little farther up the Hickory Nut Gorge on Hwy 64 past Chimney Rock, is believed to be the World's Largest Fissure Cave. No one knows for sure how expansive it is because it has never been entirely mapped out. The main room of the cave is 85 feet high and over 300 feet wide. Most caves are formed by water seeping through limestone, but fissure caves are faults in the earth's stone content.

: : Bat Cave used to be home to a great flock of bats, but most have been driven away or killed by marauding visitors. These folks have also destroyed other delicate plant and animal life at the cave, as well as marring the walls.

: : The cave is now privately owned and protected by the North Carolina Nature Conservancy. They conduct limited guided tours by appointment only.
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

: THAT explains why I have never been able to find THE Bat Cave! I've driven through the community many times, and always wondered why there were no directions to the cave. I would have LOVED to have seen it, but this sounds like a much better plan in the long run. Too many people often equal destruction of a fragile environment, or as the Eagles say, "Call a place Paradise, Kiss it goodbye!" The Nature Conservancy is doing a wonderful job of preserving many of these areas, and I'll forego the pleasure of hangin' around Bat Cave if that's what it takes to save it.

: Thanks again, Diana, for such interesting tidbits. (GREAT talking to you last night, too! We are SUCH chatterboxes!)

: MMMMarcia

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