Caverns

Raccoon Mountain Caverns 
Consists of over 5.5 miles of underground passageways. While many caves have small areas of formation growth, Raccoon Mountain Caverns has countless, 100% natural formations along the lighted walking trail on the Crystal Palace Tour. Our cave is exceptionally well preserved and is considered to be the most geologically active in the South. We are pleased to offer two distinctly different types of tours:

The Crystal Palace Tour (RIGHT) is a 45 minute +/- (we take time to answer all questions and let you take pictures), guided walking tour through the front portion of the cave and covers slightly over one-quarter mile. Education is the focus of our tours and your guide will explain how caves form, provide a brief history of our cave, and point out a wide variety of formations including stalactites, stalagmites, soda straws, flow stone, natural bridges, and much more! The cave is always a comfortable 60 degrees. Reservations are not required, except for large groups. Be sure to bring your camera        

  

Wild Cave Expeditions (BOTTOM) are our famous “get muddy” tours which require participants to wear gloves, pads, lights, and helmets -- all of which are provided for your use. We offer a variety of tours ranging from the Canyon Crawl Expedition, which focuses on viewing life within the cave, to much longer and more strenuous tours.  Please note the wild cave tours require some physical exertion including crawling, pulling and pushing yourself forward using arms and legs, a 15' rope climb and on the longer tours extensive crawling.  The minimum age is 6 for all wild cave tours.  The Canyon Crawl Tour has no minimum height but all other wild cave tours have a 52"

Raccoon Mountain Caverns
319 West Hills Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37419
423-821-9403 / (800) 823-2267
2 hours away

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