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Cascade Caverns gets it's name from it's 100 foot waterfall- the grand finale of a 45 minute to one hour guided tour. Cascade Caverns has been a popular attraction since 1932, but men and animals have been using and exploring the cavern for centuries. Perhaps one of the earliest visitors was a mastodon whose bones remain in the cave today. We know that native American Indians explored the cavern and held ceremonies within the cave's first room.
"This cavern had a more modern resident as well. The story goes that a young German immigrant fled to America, believing, quite erroneously, that he had killed a man in a fight. Lovesick for the sweetheart he left behind, he took to the cave, living in its first room as a recluse. Two books called "Hermit of the Caves" and "A Wasted Life" recount the tragic tale." Now a designated historical marker, the approximately half a mile long and 140 foot deep Cavern is water formed with millions of glistening drops of pure water reluctantly falling on spectacular rock formations.
Stroll through the rain forest and delight at the many soda straw formations that abound. Be careful what you touch because this cave is still an active cave! Millions of glistening drops of water decorate the ceiling, waiting for an unwitting guest to walk underneath and be surprised by a "cave kiss". The rain forest area is also the home to the one of many forms of wild life in the cave. The Cascade Cavern Salamanders, of which a book was written, are an endangered variety of the albino Salamander native to cave environments.
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Your guided tour will take you through corridor after corridor of timeless beauty.
See if you can find the Giant Turtle, the Skull, George Washington and the Dinosaur.
