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2007 NSS Convention Guidebook
wading in ankle-deep water. About 120 feet
inside is a small network of side passages up
and to the right. The main passage contains
few formations and terminates at an 8-foot
waterfall issuing from a choked passage.
Access to the upper level is possible through
several openings in the ceiling near the end
of the lower level passage. The upper level
backtracks in a nice walking passage some 300
feet to a crawlway. The crawlway soon opens to
Traveling the
Henderson Park
road along the stream
from east to west,
cross three fords. Just
before the fourth
ford you will find a
usually dry tributary
streambed entering
from the right. Follow
this streambed a short
distance and you will
find the entrance
on your right on a
short tributary to
the tributary. The
entrance to Waterfall
Cave is located at the
424
Waterfall Cave
a stoop-crawl passage that continues to a “Y.”
The right branch opens into a room 30 by 20
feet. The left is a small solution tube 2 feet by 1
foot and 20 feet long. This opens into a walking
passage containing a second stream. The
600-foot passage ends in mud fill with water
seeping under a ledge. The water emerges near
the entrance to the cave. Although one is only
75 feet from the entrance, a 3,400-foot trip is
required to get back out from this point.
By Jack Hissong
Dave Stahl looks into a small decorated room in Waterfall Cave.
Photo by Elliot Stahl.