Earth’s surface temperature may be unbearable, but it’s always 58-61 degrees inside the cave near Woodville, Alabama. Off we go 260-feet deep and 3/4 of a mile into Alabama’s Cathedral Caverns State Park.
The entrance is natural, but Disney thought it didn’t look “Cave Like” when they shot a Huck Finn movie inside and used a Hollywood stand-in.
The entrance is 126-feet wide, and 23-feet tall expanding to 400-feet wide and 45-feet tall in the first room.
Karen and I love to visit caves. Cathedral Caverns had some unique formations, like this vertical-reef stalagmite with a blue parrot fish attached.
Aptly named Golliath (sic), this stalagmite column is 40-feet tall and 240-feet around at the base. Mystery River flows around it and disappears into a hole in the second room from the entrance. The water surfaces at Bryant Spring in the next valley to the south.
A Stalagmite Forest surrounds the paved trail for 1,200 feet near the back of the cave.
This beautiful formation, known as “Frozen Waterfall,” is still growing and mineral-laden water flows slowly and constantly across its smooth surface.
Imagination makes the formations come to life, like seeing images in clouds. These are Mystic Castles.
At 27-feet tall and only 3-inches wide, this Skinny Stalagmite has defied the odds and even survived the earthquake that cracked Golliath (sic).
Cave crickets crave humidity, making them feel right at home in Cathedral Caverns.
We hope you enjoyed a break from the oppressive heat and joined us in a cool cave walk through Cathedral Caverns’ wonderland of natural sculptures.
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