Show me a trailhead sign!

[krJoest]

Cave Hill Research Natural Area sign along the Cave Hill portion of the Crest Trail west of the Tecumseh statue at Glen O. Jones Lake, Shawnee National Forest, near Equality, Illinois, taken on 9 November 2021.View attachment 679

As far as I can tell, Equality Cave is the closest cave to where I live! But SNF caves are off limits and Equality has a big iron gate on it.

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

As far as I can tell, Equality Cave is the closest cave to where I live! But SNF caves are off limits and Equality has a big iron gate on it.

Yes, definitely off limits now, that is unless you are a bat!
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[krJoest]

Yes, definitely off limits now, that is unless you are a bat!
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Someone dug under the south side

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Someone dug under the south side

Well I hope whoever did it didn't get lost in there like the three young guys did before the cage was installed. I guess it's not too surprising that someone would eventually try digging or attacking the bars with battery operated cutoff wheels.

 

[Shawn]

Well I hope whoever did it didn't get lost in there like the three young guys did before the cage was installed. I guess it's not too surprising that someone would eventually try digging or attacking the bars with battery operated cutoff wheels.

I went to school with one of them.

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

I went to school with one of them.

I expect that is an experience he will never forget.

 

[Shawn]

I expect that is an experience he will never forget.

I would imagine! It' easy to get lost in one of those. I really familiarize myself with the way in when I enter them. @krJoest you ever get lost in a cave?