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Bat Cave, North Carolina
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Bat Cave Fire Engine (tanker truck).
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 Bat Cave, North Carolina
Location in North Carolina
Bat Cave, North Carolina
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Henderson |
| Named for | A bat cave, located on Bluerock Mountain |
| Elevation | 1,480 ft (451 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code |
28710
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| Area code(s) | 828 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1018981 |
Bat Cave is an unincorporated community in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States and is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Named after a bat cave located on Bluerock Mountain (also known as Bat Cave Mountain), it is largest known augen gneiss granite fissure cave in North America and is a protected area, not open to the public. It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.
The community, located along the banks of the Broad River and within the Hickory Nut Gorge, features several shops, inns and a post office. It is also where three highways merge, U.S. Route 64 (US 64) from Hendersonville, U.S. Route 74A (US 74A) from Asheville, and North Carolina Highway 9 (NC 9) from Black Mountain, becoming Lake Lure Highway; which then continues in a southeasterly direction to Chimney Rock and Lake Lure.
Notable person
- George F. Bond, United States Navy physician in undersea and hyperbaric medicine.
See also
In Spanish: Bat Cave (Carolina del Norte) para niños
