Murrayville Cave , Campbell Co, TN

[england]

I have recently revisited Murrayville cave in Campbell Co. TN and found a new fence between the usual parking place and the cave. Earlier we visited this cave without any contact with any known owners. This cave is close to the north bank of Norris Lake and is across the lake from Hill Cave in Norris Dam State Park. Does anyone know who is the owner and if we now need to contact them?

[Crockett]

Try the Tennessee Property Viewer:

http://tnmap.tn.gov/assessment/

I zoomed down to the level of the state park and it appears that all the land on the north side of the lake is owned by either the state of Tennessee or TVA.

Use the "Identify" tool on the upper right by clicking on it then clicking on a parcel to get information about ownership.

Crockett

[england]

Thanks, Mike! I also looked at it on Google Earth and the land close to the lake is certainly owned by TVA as there are signs to that effect. There always has been a fence on the edge of Murrayville road but there is now a new fence running roughly east west perpendicular to the road north of the TVA signs . There are also some old Posted signs I had not noticed before. I asked some locals who said they did not know the owner.

[england]

Mike, I forgot to mention that I tried the property viewer and didn't have any luck.Google Earth gives a hypothetical address but the search does not give any results.

[Crockett]

Murrayville Road right of way runs all the way to the lake.

The last property owner on the west side of the road is:
GAMBLE JAMES E JR &
JIM GAMBLE
620 WHEELER LN
LAFOLLETTE, TN 37766

The last property owner on the east side of the road is:
NELSON GREGORY L
141 ELIZABETHTON WAY
CLINTON, TN 37716
USA

Neither of these owners should be able to legally block the road. If you are on the road you are on public right of way that should not be blocked. If you are near the lake you are on public land. As far as I know, TVA has not closed caves. This appears to be a matter of over protection by the locals, trying to keep people off public land. I can understand that but it doesn't make it right.

I hope you can make the property viewer work. It is a valuable tool for cavers from Mountain City to Memphis. It has helped me get permission several times.

Crockett

[caver9999]

Hey Crock and all. Murrayville Cave in on the property owned by GAMBLE JAMES E JR & JIM GAMBLE. I love the TN Property Viewer!

Steve

[Scott Shaw]

TVA caves are closed:

http://www.tva.gov/news/releases/aprjun ... _nose.html

[england]

I am well aware that TVA caves are closed. This cave is on the Gamble land as noted above. I contacted Jim Gamble and found it is fine for us to go to the cave. He only wants us to stop by at Gamble Motors, LaFollette, TN and sign a release form. My thanks again to Mike Crockett to alerting me to the TN properly viewer.
BTW, I left Daejeon, Korea more than two years ago. I don't see how to edit my personal data to indicate where I now live. Any advice?
Alan