Posted by Kelly D:
March 11, 2004 - 05:57 PM
Re: Caves Near YOU!

i've been spelunking at pettyjohns around rome georgia. do you know of it?
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Hey Kelly! Welcome to the tribe & THANKS for the post! I just wanted to start a new thread to answer your question & introduce anyone else who's interested to this AWESOME cave & surrounding area!


While i've not actually been to Pettyjohns Cave, i HAVE been camping & climbing at The Lost Wall which is an EXCELLENT place to rock climb & is right by the cave. There are no camping 'facilities' which i PREFER! Your cell phone will NOT pick up a signal out here, so make sure someone knows where you've gone while out exploring!


For anyone interested, I've posted new pic's in the Tribe's photo journal to highlight some of Pettyjohn's Cave & the area of The Lost Wall. Enjoy the links & PLEASE post any comments / query's! :~>



QUICK FACTS:

Pettyjohns cave is located on the east side of Pigeon Mountain in the Appalachian Plateaus of NW Georgia.

There are many caves in the area, the most well known being Ellison Cave for its 586 foot freefall pit!

Pigeon Mountain is a beautiful plateau just west of the city of La Fayette, Georgia. The mountain is part of the Cumberland Plateau, which stretches from Alabama through Georgia and into Tennessee.

As of 2004, according to the National Speleological Survey (NSS) - Pettyjohns Cave, at 6,074 miles long, is the 119th longest cave (out of the 242 that are listed) in the United States as declared by the GA Speleological Survey (GASS).

Water levels in Pettyjohns Cave do not fluctuate rapidly & all water entering the cave undergoes at least moderate rock-water interaction in the subsurface. The discharge point for cave waters is Dickson Spring, a large conduit spring just south of the cave entrance.

Each year there are approximately 12,500 cavers and 22,000 rock climbers who explore Crockford-Pigeon Mountain!



QUICK LINKS:

MapQuest of Armuchee, GA where the mountain range is located:
www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp



Chip Talbert's Photography of Pettyjohns Cave and MANY more!
www.chiptalbert.com/photo-al...fault.htm




An EXCELLENT 2-page paper w/ basic info.
written by Allen Padgett of the GA Dept. Nat'l Resources
(he's also the Chief Ranger at Pigeon Mountain, Rocktown and Lost Wall)
for the 1999 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium:
www.google.com/search




An 8-page paper titled,
"Spatial & Temporal Variation of Groundwater Chemistry in Pettyjohns Cave, NE, GA."
written by James Mayer of the Geology Dept., State University of West Georgia
for the Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 1999:
www.google.com/search





2003 photos from a beginners vertical instruction (rappeling) hosted by NSS grotto # 285 - Clayton County Cavers on a 65foot wall w/ a waterfall near Pettyjohns Cave (The Lost Wall perhaps?)
www.cccavers.org/Trip%20Re...yJohns.htm





The Lost Wall:
southeastclimbing.com/climbin...wall.htm





ENJOY!!!