Natural Tunnel
My sister and her friends who ride, went to the Natural Tunnel near Kingsport, Tennessee. It looks like a beautiful area and a fun place to ride their Harleys.
Natural Tunnel, called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by William Jennings Bryan, has been attracting sightseers to the mountains of southwestern Virginia for more than 100 years. Today it is the focal point of Natural Tunnel State Park, a park which offers visitors not only spectacular sights but also swimming, camping, picnicking, hiking, a visitor center, an amphitheater and interpretive programs.
The creation of Natural Tunnel began more than a million years ago in the early glacial period when groundwater bearing carbonic acid percolated through crevices and slowly dissolved surrounding limestone and dolomite bedrock. Then, what is now Stock Creek was probably diverted underground to continue carving the tunnel slowly over many centuries. The walls of the tunnel show evidence of prehistoric life, and many fossils can be found in the creek bed and on tunnel walls.
I wanna see some inside picture of the tunnel.Is it possible?
I will have to ask my sister if they took any inside the tunnel. I’ll get back to you.
Thanks for sharing the great picture. I love driving through Tennessee where even on the freeways you see great natural beauty such as this.
How far off the beaten path would this be when driving south down the coast to Myrtle Beach South Carolina? Looks like a great spot to check out.
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It would be a bit out of the way because it is near Kingsport in Tennessee.