Description
The only known entrance to Hellhole is a funnel-shaped pit entrance on the lower slopes of North Fork Mountain. Descent by rope through this spectacular and storied 154-foot (47 m) entrance shaft gives access to a vast chamber. From the time exploration began there in the 1940s, cavers have documented over 28 miles (45 km) of mapped passage in the Hellhole system.
"Little Hellhole" is a well known pit deeper in the cave.
Hellhole's passages are developed predominantly in a layer of limestone known as the New Market. This same limestone is of remarkable commercial quality and is the primary object of the nearby Greer Lime Company open pit mining operations.
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