Caves found in Pocahontas County, West Virginia

 

The sources list numerous caves found in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The geological formations of the Greenbrier Series host many of these caves. Here are some of the caves in Pocahontas County:

• Overholt Blowing Cave: This cave is located 3/4 mile north-west of Buckeye at an elevation of 2300 feet. It opens into a ledge of limestone 50 feet high.
• Hughes Creek Cave: This cave is at an elevation of 2250 feet. It is located south of Hillsboro.
• Hughes Creek Lower Cave: This cave is located 600 feet north of Hughes Creek Cave. It is a low stream passage about 1000 feet long and is in the middle of the Greenbrier Series.
• Ice Cave: This cave is located on the north side of Droop Mountain. Ice and summer in a small shelter below the cave.
• Jacksons Cave: This cave is located on the east side of Locust Creek Valley at an elevation of 2200 feet.
• Kee Cave No. 1: This cave is located on a spur of Stony Creek Mountain. It opens into a small passage at an elevation of 2700 feet.
• Kee Cave No. 2: This cave has a vertical pit in Kee Hollow and is at an elevation of 2400 feet.
• Kinison Cave: This cave is 2 miles northwest of Hillsboro at an elevation of 2580 feet. The entrance is 20 feet wide, 8 feet high, but a high ceiling reduces to a fissure passage 2 to 3 feet wide with a 20 feet ceiling.
• Linwood Cave: This cave is located on the west side of U.S. 219, 600 feet north of Linwood at an elevation of 3000 feet.
• Locust Creek Cave: This cave is located 2 miles east of Spice at an elevation of 2090 feet.
• Martens (Peck) Cave: This cave is located 1.2 miles east of Lobelia near the head of Cave Run.
• Martens (Martha Clarks; Longs) Cave: This cave is located 1.9 miles southwest of Hillsboro on the south side of Millstone Creek at an elevation of 2250 feet.
• Moore Cave: This cave is located in the Durbin Quadrangle at an elevation of 3050 feet. It is described as a small crawlway with a stream flowing out.
• Moores Cave: This cave is a 1/2 mile west of the Cass-Durbin road at an elevation of 3100 feet.
• Overhang Cave: This cave is located a mile southwest of Heavener Church at an elevation of 3200 feet.
• Overholt Blowing Cave: This cave is located 3/4 miles north-west of Buckeye at an elevation of 2300 feet. The cave opens into a ledge of limestone 50 feet high.
• Overholts Dome Cave: This cave is located 2800 feet N.N.E. of the sink of Tub Cave at an elevation of 2800 feet.
• Overholts Saltpeter Cave: This cave is located in a low, tree-covered hill, 500 feet west of Overholts Blowing Cave at an elevation of 2400 feet.
• Poor Farm Cave: This cave is located one mile southwest of Hillsboro at an elevation of 2860 feet.
• Poor Farm Pit: This cave is a vertical shaft 65 feet deep and is located 100 yards southwest of Poor Farm Cave.
• Rockhouse: This cave is located at the head of Rush Run at an elevation of 2275 feet.
• Saltpeter Cave: This cave is located on the south side of Cave Run, 0.8 mile east of Lobelia at an elevation of 2550 feet.
• Schoolberry Cave: This cave is located on the west side of Dry Creek, 1.2 miles north of Dry Creek School at an elevation of 2750 feet.
• Sharps Cave: This cave is located 2.5 miles east of Slaty Fork on the north side of Big Spring Fork at an elevation of 2900 feet.
• Sharps Mill Cave: This cave is located along the Western Maryland Railroad opposite the mill at Slaty Fork at an elevation of 2680 feet.
• Sharps Store Cave: This cave is located 1.9 miles east of Slaty Fork, 150 yards north of U.S. 219 at an elevation of 2750 feet.
• Slaty Fork Cave: This cave is a small crawlway with a low room. It is located 10 miles east of Slaty Fork at an elevation of 2730 feet.
• Snedgars Cave: This cave is located 3/4 mile south of Jacox and opens into the southern Friars Hole.
• Stephens Hole Cave: This cave is located at the center of the amphitheater that forms the head of Stephens Hole Run at an elevation of 2300 feet.
• Tub Cave: This cave is located 1.7 miles northwest of Dry Creek in a sink in a saddle between Overholt Run and Swago Creek at an elevation of 2700 feet.
• Tyler Hole: This cave is located at the south end of the hollow, 3/4 mile south of West Union School at an elevation of 3000 feet.
• Walt Allen Cave: This cave is located 0.9 mile north of Poages Chapel at an elevation of 2800 feet.
• Wanless Caves: This cave is located 3 miles north of Cass near the settlement of Wanless at an elevation of 2950 feet.
• Wildell Cave: This cave is located in the Durbin Quadrangle.
• Williams Cave: This cave is located 0.65 mile south of Lobelia, 100 yards east of the Lobelia-Jacox road at an elevation of 2550 feet.

This is just a partial list of the caves in Pocahontas County. The sources provide information on the location, elevation, and features of many other caves in the area.