The staff of Linville Caverns considers visitor enjoyment and safety our primary responsibility while also striving to maintain the delicate balance that exists with a caverns ecosystem. Please help us ensure that the natural beauty remains for all to see by observing these rules and regulations.
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* Food, drink, candy, gum, & smoking materials are not allowed within the caverns.
Bottled water only is allowed on a tour.
* Touching the rocks & formations is prohibited. As one of a few remaining active
caverns, we want to allow the formations to continue developing. Oil from your skin
may cause damage to the rocks & prevent future growth.
* Touching, disturbing, or harming any form of cave life is prohibited. Inside the
caverns you may see trout, bats, cave spiders, cave crickets, & salamanders. Please
remember that you are a visitor in their home & do not disturb them.
* Child-carrying backpacks & strollers are not allowed inside the caverns. This is for
the safety of your child as well as other visitors. Infant front carriers are allowed.
* Visitors must remain with a guide at all times while inside the mountain. If you
need to leave the tour for any reason, please tell your guide & they will ensure
you are escorted outside.
* We do not allow more than 15 people on a tour. The number is limited to allow
everyone to see & hear the tour, as well as assist the guide in assuring your safety.
If your party is larger than this number, please allow us to divide your group into
different tours that will be spaced just moments apart.
* The final tour of the day departs at closing time on that day. Please be aware
that all facilities above ground will be closed & locked when you emerge from the
caverns. We ask that you use the above ground facilities BEFORE departing on
your tour. One side of the entrance gate will remain open until the final tour has
departed the caverns.
* As a designated NC NATURAL HERITAGE AREA, we ask that you help us maintain
the beauty & integrity of the caverns & surrounding outside areas. We ask that you
dispose of trash in the proper containers located around the property. We ask that
you observe the "NO TOUCH" rule with our plants, wildflowers, & river rocks. Signs
are posted along the creek area warning visitors to NOT CROSS THE CREEK due to
rockslides. Please observe these warning signs.
* It is a federal offense, punishable by law, to harm or destroy ANY part of a cavern
system.
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