Swirl Canyon

January grotto trip to Swirl Canyon.

John Law and James Wood will lead a trip to this horizontal cave, located in Davidson County after work on Wednesday,January 16. This cave requires more crawling than Hardins Cave but is a great cave located in our own backyard. The meeting time and place is 6 p.m. at the Shoney’s at I-24 and Bell Road (Hickory Hollow area).

Still cleaning mud and grit out of my gear...loved every second of it!!!

We had a good time escaping the rainy weather and traffic.

I thought these photos had been posted already. Someone at the last meeting asked about a mud cave or something like that. Nothing from inside the cave, but Hatch wore some of the cave back outside.

We will leave at 6 PM Wednesday from the parking lot of Shoney's, at the Bell Road Exit of I-24 in Antioch (southeast of downtown Nashville).
You will need a helmet, 3 light sources, one or two of which are mounted to the helmet and spare batteries for your lights. You need to wear long pants and sturdy hiking boots. Knee pads are good, but not mandatory. You will need a change of clothes as you will get wet and muddy.

Joey Stuckey will be leading a Wednesday Night trip to Swirl Canyon Cave on December 13th. We will meet at the Shoney's at the Bell Road Exit of I-24 in Antioch at 6 PM. This cave is suitable for beginners; very little climbing and crawling except for a short crawl (100' or so) at the beginning of the cave.

Currently, the Nashville Grotto manages four caves in the Nashville region. Three are leased by the Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Inc. and one is leased by the Tennessee Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. If you are interested in finding out more, send us an e-mail.