It was about a mile walk into Wildcat Den Arch. As can be seen from this photo, this overhang cave has a skylight toward the back of the cave. This may be the largest overhang cave we have visited yet. As we have seen before, blackened ceiling spots are evidence of previous campfires. How old they are is anyone's guess. There have been archeological finds in some caves which indicate they had been used as shelter for nomadic native people from the Paleo and Archaic periods but very little Woodland presence.
Keith is dwarfed in this cave. Note the faint ceiling light in the back of the cave.
The skylight is larger than it previously seemed. Occasionally, a deer of other animal will drop through these openings and not survive the fall. That is how Dead Deer Arch was discovered.
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