Pettyjohn Cave

Pettyjohn Cave
First Room of Pettyjohn Cave
LocationWalker County, Georgia, U.S.
Coordinates34°39′51″N 85°21′50″W / 34.66417°N 85.36389°W / 34.66417; -85.36389
Nearest cityLaFayette

Pettyjohn Cave (also known as Wilsons Cave, Pettyjohn's Cave, Petty John's Cave, and other similar spellings) is a karst cave located in Walker County, Georgia on the east side of Pigeon Mountain in the Appalachian Plateau of Northwest Georgia. It has a surveyed length of 31,490 ft and reaches a depth of 235 ft. The cave is accessible via a path from a gravel parking area on the side of Rocky Lane. Out of the 242 listed, it is 119th longest cave in the United States as declared by the Georgia Speleological Survey.

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