Smoke Hole Caverns

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Smoke Hole Caverns are a system of picturesque caverns in Grant County of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The caverns were opened to the public in the 1940s. They are located near Smoke Hole Canyon, a gorge, for which the caves take their name. Smoke Hole Caverns are located on WV 28 13 km west of Petersburg.

Some historians claim that Native Americans used the caves for smoking meat, hence the name of the gorge and caverns. The caverns served the same purpose for soldiers during the American Civil War.

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the cavern also was utilized during prohibition by moonshiners. There is only one entrance into to caverns which made it secure and with an ever present supply of fresh water it was a perfect place to produce moonshine.

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