Although the walk to the natural bridge is one mile, it is well worth the effort. There is no marked path and the best route is in or by the creek bed much of the way, passing scenic bluffs on both sides most of the way. The bridge is developed where a tributary of Clifty Creek goes through some dolomite. The arch has a span of forty feet and is thirteen feet high. The ridge in which it is formed is forty feet high and thirty feet wide. About 350 yards downstream is a shallow cave that is about fifteen feet deep and has an entrance on the main bluff side and another facing the valley. The cave ceiling is about six feet high and the arch has an opening of about fifteen feet wide at the base. Although the cave is officially called "Unnamed Cave #7" , it has two local names called Red Mans Cave and Clifty Hollow Cave.
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