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The name [1] is derived from the 60-foot (18 m) natural limestone slab bridge that spans the amphitheater setting of the cavern's entrance. The span was left suspended when a sinkhole collapsed below it. The caverns are located near the city of San Antonio, Texas, in the Texas Hill Country next to the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, a drive ...
The Caverns at Natural Bridge are a series of commercial show caves in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, close in proximity to both the Natural Bridge and Natural Bridge State Park. [1] Discovered in the 1890s, [2] it was opened to the public in 1977. [3] The Caverns at Natural Bridge are the deepest commercial cavern on the east coast. [4]
The Caverns at Natural Bridge; Clarks Cave; Dixie Caverns; Endless Caverns; Gap Cave; Grand Caverns, formerly "Weyer's cave" Indian Jim's Cave; Luray Caverns; Melrose Caverns; Natural Tunnel; Ogdens Cave; Shenandoah Caverns; Skyline Caverns; Stay High Cave; Unthanks Cave
Natural Bridge State Park is a member of the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, and offers guided backpacking trips and natural history educational programs. Annual events open to the public include Herpetology Weekend each May, Natural Arches Weekend each February, and the Kentucky Native Plant Society's Wildflower Weekend each April.
During a 1975 expedition of the Cave Without a Name, cavers mapped out over 2.7 mi (4.3 km) of caverns, making it the seventh-longest cave in Texas. Due to the great natural acoustics created by three large solution domes on the ceiling of the Throne Room, the cave is host to 12 concerts yearly with a maximum attendance of 200 people. The music ...
A natural arch, natural bridge, or (less commonly) rock arch is a natural landform where an arch has formed with an opening underneath. Natural arches commonly form where inland cliffs , coastal cliffs , fins or stacks are subject to erosion from the sea, rivers or weathering ( subaerial processes).
Natural Bridge is a geological formation in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States, comprising a 215-foot-high (66 m) natural arch with a span of 90 feet (27 m). It is situated within a gorge carved from the surrounding mountainous limestone terrain by Cedar Creek , a small tributary of the James River .
The natural bridge has been a tourist attraction for modern visitors since 1870. The state park was established in 1972, and the following year 60 acres (24 ha) centered on the arch were given a further level of protection as Natural Bridge and Rockshelter State Natural Area. In 1978 the Raddatz Rockshelter was listed on the National Register ...