BamaGoodfella wrote:Thanks for the reply Hootchapappy. I've never heard of the entrance to Weaver Cave that you mentioned, but Trogman might be familiar with it. I wouldn't get my hopes up on that entrance going all the way to Georgia though LOL.
As far as the "entrance' Hootchapappy referred to, the one with a lot of sticks and debris in it- that is not technically an entrance, since as far as I know no cavers have ever gone through it. That is just the upper insurgence where the water sinks into the cave. If you were to penetrate into the cave there, you would simply end up in the area of the cave upstream from the Chicken Room.
Hootchapappy wrote:Hey there!
The whole thing about Weaver Cave is pretty interesting and it's history is somewhat amazing for what it's been through over the years. I can think of about 6 or 7 entrances to weaver alone and all within a small area (easy, short walking distance of one another), with one of them possibly being the only one left that could take you to Georgia, where it supposedly ends. That one, you would have to get special permission from the landowner and that would take some persuasion from an organization with legal and professional credentials to back it. I can tell or show you the way, but it's up to you for getting the legal permission. To be honest with you, I don't think there's more than probably a half dozen people even knows that entrance to the cave exists. I know one thing for sure, it's definitely a contributor to the creek that comes out the main entrance of Weaver Cave. I also know the entrance is somewhat blocked by debris such as tree limbs and overburden, but where the water disappears into the ground, you can hear the water going in, dropping a short ways, and then splashing in a very large hollow room. We dropped a couple small sized rocks into the opening and it sounded like they fell about 10 or 12 feet when they hit, and the splash from them sounded like the water was at least a couple feet deep. It could be more or less with either measurements.
If you need more info, just PM me and I'll do my best to help with what I do know.
Ummmmm....not sure how to break this to you gently, but Weaver Cave does NOT go to GA. It doesn't even go under highway 21. All told it has about a mile of passage, and most of that lies within a very small area, as much of it is maze passage. That rumor about it going to GA has been around for a long time, and this isn't the first I've heard of it. The cave does have 5 known entrances, and I believe at one time it had two others, both of which are now closed. I believe the Lady's Ent. is manmade, and I know the shaft with the grate over it is. The cave does have a lot of history that would be interesting to hear, such as it's use for saltpeter mining, being used as a dance hall, and also the famous chicken farm that was once in the "Chicken Room." I would love to read more about those things.
Trogman