Telford Spring Cave System

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Telford Cave System

Telford Spring is an offset spring of the Suwannee River. The spring is on the north side of the river. There are 2 sinkholes, Telford Sink and Terrapin Sink which are upstream from Telford Spring. Telford is known for it's variety of cave formations. Every 500ft or less, the cave passage changes dramatically. There is a land bridge at Telford Spring and it provides a window at the spring. In mid-October, water was green due to the river rising and the flow was kicking.

Telford Spring Land Bridge

Harvey is standing above the window at the Telford Spring.

Telford Spring Land Bridge

View of the Telford window

Telford Spring Land Bridge

Telford's Spring has a karst window with a land
bridge of 10ft width at the spring entrance.
Currently the water level is up to the edge of the land bridge.

Telford Sink

View of the Telford Sink from the cave

Mud Flats in Telford

Mud Flats with air pocket on the ceiling

The Rifts in Telford

Vertical Fissures of the Rifts which is
the section after the Mud Flats

Rifts section of Telford

Another view of the Rifts

Great Expectations section of Telford

My favorite part of the main line
is the Great Expectations and Rolaids
Road section.

The Gauntlet section of Telford

The Gauntlet is between Great Expectations
and Rolaids Road. This part of the main
passage is more restrictive and delicate.
There has been quite a bit of damage in the
last few years from cavers. Once again,
plowing through a cave by certain cavers
is killing the beauty for others to enjoy.

Rolaids Road section of Telford

Rolaids Road reminds me of the view
of looking down a person's throat
and into their esophagus. I have no
idea why this section was named but
since it reminds me of the path that
a rolaids would take, perhaps someone
else had the same impression of the passage.