Skyline Caverns

Skyline Caverns is a series of geologic caves and a tourist attraction located in Warren County, Virginia, one mile (1.6 km) south of Front Royal.

Walter S. Amos was contracted by several private and government agencies to search for caves and caverns to open in conjunction with Skyline Drive.

These crystals are protected by Virginia State Law and are kept behind closed doors that a tour guide must open for the public to view them.

Tours depart every 15 to 20 minutes, lasting approximately one hour and cover about 1+1⁄8 miles (1.8 km) of walking, and reaching a depth of 260 feet (79 m) below ground.

Cavern formations visible on the tour include stalactites, stalagmites, columns, "flow-stone", anthodites, and aragonites.

Walter Scott Amos
Walter Scott Amos at Skyline Caverns surrounded by workers, 1939
Anthodite
Jefferson Medical College Hospital School of Nursing students wearing Skyline Caverns beanies c.1951