Cathedral Caverns State Park

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Title

Cathedral Caverns State Park

Description

Originally called Bat Cave, Cathedral Caverns was opened to the public by Jacob Gurley in the 1950's. The cave was renamed because of its cathedral-like appearance. Purchased by the state in 1987, it was opened as a State Park in the summer of 2000. The first feature most people notice about Cathedral Caverns is its massive entrance. The huge opening measures 126 feet wide and 25 feet high, a possible world record for commercial caves. The grand entrance is only the beginning. Inside the cavern are some of the most beautiful formations Mother Nature has ever created including “Goliath”- one of the largest stalagmites in the world measuring 45 feet tall and 243 feet in circumference. Cathedral Caverns features many amazing sites: a "caveman" perched atop a flowstone wall, a "frozen" waterfall, a large stalagmite forest and a most improbable stone formation - a stalagmite that is 27 feet tall and 3 inches wide! -alapark.com

Source

is51102024

Contributor

mk289@st-andrews.ac.uk

Type

Site

Identifier

934

Date Submitted

21/03/2024

Extent

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Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Cathedral Caverns State Park

Object

https://www.alapark.com/parks/cathedral-caverns-state-park

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Social Media

facebook,https://www.facebook.com/CathedralCavernsStatePark/;

Institutional nature

cave

Place

637 Cave Road Woodville, AL 35776, USA

Status

public

Stewardship

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Condition

1

Citation

“Cathedral Caverns State Park,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1897.

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