Clarksville Cave - Displaying Scale

Clarksville Cave - Displaying Scale

A path between steep rocks leading to a cave

Clarksville Cave with Wendy Franklin for scale
Located in Albany County
Image courtesy of Wendy Franklin

Type: Cave.

Features: Clarksville Cave: Best-known and most-visited wild cave in the Northeast; horizontal cave with about 4800 feet of passage and three entrances.

Feature Type: Karst.

Reference: NYS Geological Association Field Trip Guidebook, 67th Annual Meeting 1995; The Geology of Clarksville Cave, Albany County, NY. 

For online reference please visit - www.nysga.net/Guidebooks.html

Quadrangle: Clarksville.

Reason for Designation: Unique and Scenic.