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Tuckaleechee Caverns

The Tuckaleechee Caverns (pronounced as, TUCK-ə-LEE-chee KAV-erns) is a tourist attraction and the largest and highest rated cave or cavern by the AAA east of the Mississippi River. The caverns run under the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and have an opening in Townsend, Tennessee.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More caves in United States

  1. Lechuguilla Cave489 m deep
  2. Carlsbad Caverns National Park333 m deep
  3. Natural Tunnel State Park0.3 km
  4. Merrill Cave0.2 km
  5. Layser Cave0 km

Other notable caves worldwide

  1. Mammoth Cave · Australia686 km
  2. Sistema Sac Actun · Mexico119.2 m
  3. Lechuguilla Cave · United States489 m
  4. Optymistychna Cave · Ukraine20 m
  5. Veryovkina Cave · Georgia2,212 m
  6. Krubera Cave · Georgia2,199 m
  7. Sarma cave · Georgia1,830 m
  8. Clearwater Cave · Malaysia109 km