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Devil's Den Nature Preserve is a 280-acre (113 ha) privately-owned nature preserve in Carroll County, Virginia. The preserve contains rugged rock formations on a ridge side, featuring a cave or rock shelter known as Devil's Den. The property was once the Robert S. Harris farm. . [1]
Boundary of the Devil's Den – Ewing Mountain wildland in the Jefferson National Forest as identified by the Wilderness Society. [1]The area is located in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwestern Virginia about 3 miles east of Cripple Creek, Virginia, between Va 602 on the west and south, and Va 94 on the east and Va 642 on the north.
The preserve's name derives from local lore: charcoal makers in the hilly, rocky area would say that a hoof-like mark made in a boulder was the footprint of the Devil. [ 1 ] Devil's Den is the most frequently visited preserve (and largest contiguous preserve) run by the Connecticut chapter of the Nature Conservancy , with 40,000 visits per year.
From 1894-1916, the Gettysburg Electric Railway operated on a curve crossing Plum Run (Rock Creek) around the south base of the hill with the Tipton Station providing Devil's Den services. In 1916, a Devil's Den boulder was used as a Satterlee Hospital memorial at Philadelphia's Clark Park. [9] The nearby 1933 comfort station was demolished in ...
Devil's Den is formed by a karst window, in which the roof over a subterranean river has collapsed, exposing the water to the open surface, near Williston, Florida. It is privately owned and operated as a SCUBA diving training and recreational facility.
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Devil's Den may also refer to: Places. Devil's Den State Park, in West Fork, Arkansas; Devils Den, California, a historic settlement near Salt Spring in Kern County, ...
Devil's Den State Park is a 2,500-acre (1,000 ha) Arkansas state park in Washington County, near West Fork, Arkansas in the United States. The park was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, beginning in 1933. Devil's Den State Park is in the Lee Creek Valley in the Boston Mountains, which are the southwestern part of The Ozarks. The park ...