Divers Den

[BgDadddy]

Jeez... The catfish were the best thing that place had going for it. There was one in there that had to be close to 100lbs.

[LiteHedded]

we named him Trogdor

[JerseyJersey]

from a trip report there....... just some FYI....

The water surface extends approximate 170 feet, end to end and the sump is shaped like an inverted mushroom, with the edges extending out beyond the water’s surface. The rock around these extended edges hold myriads of ancient fossils embedded in the limestone walls and 4 cave entrances.



In the mornings, on a cold day, when the cold air meets the constant 72F water, steam rises from the surface and it is said early settlers seeing this “smoke” believed this to be a direct sign of the spring being connected to the Devil and a gateway to Hell, thus giving it the name, Devil’s Den.



This is what you see….. What you don’t see are the 4 caves extending beneath the pools surface. These are blocked off by a latticework of plastic piping and rebar or grim reaper signs stating nothing beyond is worth dying for.


It is down the passage known as Chamber 3, at approximately 70 feet that there have been discovered the remains of extinct animals from the Pleistocene Age over 2 million years ago including a salamander, some anurans, a slew of turtles, an alligator, a lizard, and a bunch of snakes and along side of these the bones of early man from over 75 thousand years ago.

[Scott]

we named him Trogdor

the Burninator!!

[JamieZ]

from a trip report there....... just some FYI....

The water surface extends approximate 170 feet, end to end and the sump is shaped like an inverted mushroom, with the edges extending out beyond the water’s surface. The rock around these extended edges hold myriads of ancient fossils embedded in the limestone walls and 4 cave entrances.



In the mornings, on a cold day, when the cold air meets the constant 72F water, steam rises from the surface and it is said early settlers seeing this “smoke” believed this to be a direct sign of the spring being connected to the Devil and a gateway to Hell, thus giving it the name, Devil’s Den.



This is what you see….. What you don’t see are the 4 caves extending beneath the pools surface. These are blocked off by a latticework of plastic piping and rebar or grim reaper signs stating nothing beyond is worth dying for.


It is down the passage known as Chamber 3, at approximately 70 feet that there have been discovered the remains of extinct animals from the Pleistocene Age over 2 million years ago including a salamander, some anurans, a slew of turtles, an alligator, a lizard, and a bunch of snakes and along side of these the bones of early man from over 75 thousand years ago.

Great info, thanks