Central New York Photo Index

The most popular caving region in the Northeast is the Eastern edge of the Appalachian escarpment southwest of Albany. The biggest concentration of caves extends from the Cobleskill area eastward to the Onesquethaw Creek Valley. There are several very extensive caves in the area, some of which suffer very high traffic loads.

In addition, there are several groups of diggers actively pursuing virgin cave passage in the area.

Ward-Gregory Cave in Clarksville is the most popular wild cave in New York. Some weekends, groups of dozens of young flashlight cavers descend into this entrance. Here is a typical passageway in Clarksville Cave. Here are some Boston Grotto members walking in the large passageways of Clarksville Cave during low water conditions.
Here, Boston Grotto member Gary Lau climbs to a ledge in Clarksville Cave. Here, noted cave geologist Paul Rubin illuminates a passage junction in the Pixie Passages area of Clarksville Cave. In the high water areas of Clarksville Cave, the hydrodynamics combined with the acidity gouge out these scallop shaped depressions in the walls and floor.
Past the Lake Room, at the North end of the air filled portion of Clarksville Cave, a small room with twinkling condensation droplets on the walls is reached through this short crawlway. The Boston Grotto holds a formal dress dinner in Clarksville Cave on April Fools Day. A few miles East of Clarksville Cave is the entrance to Onesquethaw Cave, one of New York's longer caves, also with interesting geological features.
Another popular cave in Central NY is in the town of Knox. Lots of interesting climbs and crawlways are possible in this dry cave. Here's another shot of a caver climbing in Knox Cave. Here's a caver in the infamous "Gunbarrel" crawlway in Knox Cave. The crawlway is perfectly straight, about 50 feet long, and averaging 14" in diameter.
Some pretty formations can still be found in a few well-protected New York caves. At this dig site, a 2000 foot long cave was discovered. Here's one of New York's most active cave diggers, showing off a large cave dig site while standing on an old gasoline tank used for shoring the walls of the dig.
Here's a caver about to descend a cable ladder to the bottom of the dig.

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Ward-Gregory Cave in Clarksville is the most popular wild cave in New York. Some weekends, groups of dozens of young flashlight cavers descend into this entrance.	Here is a typical passageway in Clarksville Cave.	Here are some Boston Grotto members walking in the large passageways of Clarksville Cave during low water conditions.
Here, Boston Grotto member Gary Lau climbs to a ledge in Clarksville Cave.	Here, noted cave geologist Paul Rubin illuminates a passage junction in the Pixie Passages area of Clarksville Cave.	In the high water areas of Clarksville Cave, the hydrodynamics combined with the acidity gouge out these scallop shaped depressions in the walls and floor.
Past the Lake Room, at the North end of the air filled portion of Clarksville Cave, a small room with twinkling condensation droplets on the walls is reached through this short crawlway.	The Boston Grotto holds a formal dress dinner in Clarksville Cave on April Fools Day.	A few miles East of Clarksville Cave is the entrance to Onesquethaw Cave, one of New York's longer caves, also with interesting geological features.
Another popular cave in Central NY is in the town of Knox. Lots of interesting climbs and crawlways are possible in this dry cave.	Here's another shot of a caver climbing in Knox Cave.	Here's a caver in the infamous "Gunbarrel" crawlway in Knox Cave. The crawlway is perfectly straight, about 50 feet long, and averaging 14" in diameter.
Some pretty formations can still be found in a few well-protected New York caves.	At this dig site, a 2000 foot long cave was discovered.	Here's one of New York's most active cave diggers, showing off a large cave dig site while standing on an old gasoline tank used for shoring the walls of the dig.
Here's a caver about to descend a cable ladder to the bottom of the dig.