# Cumberland Caverns

- **Country:** United States
- **Coordinates:** 35.669167, -85.680833
- **Ref:** Barr}}
- **Date:** 1961
- **Isbn:** 9780979617805
- **Last1:** Barr, Jr|first1=Thomas C.
- **Pages:** 470–482
- **Title:** Caves of Tennessee, Bulletin 64
- **Access:** restricted
- **Length:** 27.7 mi
- **Geology:** Monteagle Limestone
- **Lighting:** electric
- **Location:** McMinnville, Tennessee, US
- **Discovery:** 1810 by Aaron Higginbotham
- **Publisher:** State of Tennessee, Department of Conservation and Commerce, Division of Geology
- **Show Cave:** July 4th, 1956
- **Coords Ref:** {{cite book
- **Other Name:** Higgenbotham Cave, Henshaw Cave
- **Entrance List:** Higginbotham Cave, Henshaw Cave, Onyx Curtain
- **Photo Caption:** Cumberland Caverns - Three Chessmen
- **Entrance Count:** 3

Cumberland Caverns is a national natural landmark and show cave located in Warren County, Tennessee, near McMinnville. It is the third longest cave in Tennessee and the 24th longest cave in the United States.

![Photo of Cumberland Caverns](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Cumberland_Caverns_-_Three_Chessmen.JPG)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Caverns (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)