Inside the cave

While hot and muggy outside, the interior was cool, but damp. There is a boardwalk with interpretive signs to explain the different ages of early man and how archeologists can determine what came from which era. It is fascinating and amazing to realize that people were living here when there were still mastodons in the Tennessee Valley!

A visit to Russell Cave

June 17th 2015
In the heat of June, we decided to take a couple of days and go visit Russell Cave National Monument in Bridgeport, AL. This is someplace we have wanted to go but it was about an hour and a half drive and we knew the visit would be short. So we opted to find a campground nearby and spend a couple of nights to relax and enjoy. Russell Cave is an archaeological site with one of the most complete ... read more

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