Goochland Cave is the longest known cave in

Rockcastle County, Kentucky Rockcastle County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,037. Its county seat is Mt. Vernon. The county was founded in 1810 and named for the Rockcastle River ...

. It has a length of 11.18 miles. Goochland is located in

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and is named on

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Topo maps. The cave is subject to

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ing.SWORCA Digest 1975, Library of Congress Catalog GB601.A1 S6616 It has 3 known entrances. Not all of this cave has been mapped.

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Large-scale 9.41-mile map of Goochland Cave

Photo of Goochland Cave
Caves of Kentucky Landforms of Rockcastle County, Kentucky {{US-cave-stub