Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge, National wildlife refuge near Scottsboro, Alabama, US.
The 264-acre sanctuary contains hardwood forests and protected caves along the Sauty Creek embayment of Guntersville Lake in northeastern Alabama.
During the Civil War, the cave employed 60 enslaved workers for saltpeter mining operations, supporting the Confederate Ordnance Bureau's requirements.
The name derives from Cherokee language 'itsati', and the cave served as a location for Jackson County court proceedings in 1819.
The refuge remains closed to public cave access but allows wildlife observation and photography of bat emergence during summer evenings.
The cave houses between 300,000 and 400,000 gray bats in summer months, making it one of the largest bat populations in the region.
Location: Jackson County
Elevation above the sea: 227 m
Website: https://fws.gov/sautacave
GPS coordinates: 34.61449,-86.12852
Latest update: March 3, 2025 02:57
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