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Keefer Road Cave contact: Jim Reger, (jreger@mgs.md.gov )

Keefer Road Cave
Geology: (click on an image for a larger view)
   

      A half dozen openings occur in the cliff face along Licking Creek directly under the I-70 bridge. These caves are in horizontally-bedded Helderberg Limestone.

 

 

Keefer Road Cave

Keefer Road Cave (photo by Dennis Slifer)

Description
      These caves are either narrow fissure or low crawlways which are developed along joints trending to the southwest. None can be followed by further than 20 feet, due to the narrowing of the passage.

(from ES3 -Caves of Maryland)

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updated 3/7/05
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