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Caves in Grottoes
Four caves near Grottoes.
Grand Caverns
This site doesn't duplicate Wikipedia, but supplements it with more detailed, local information. Grand Caverns on Wikipedia.
The cave was called Weyer's Cave after the person who found it, and the name stuck with locals. The landowner Matthias Amend attempted renaming after him but reverted to Weyer's Cave soon. It was also called Grottoes of the Shenandoah, hence the town of Grottoes. This name stopped being when Shenandoah Caverns opened for public tours in 1922. In 1926, Holly Stover bought the cave and renamed it Grand Caverns. See showcaves.com for more info (Archived link).
Coordinates: 38.260470,-78.835420
Grand Caverns was resurveyed in 2004, and new are was discovered. It ranks as the 266th longest cave in the US.
Folklore says the town of Weyers Cave got it's name from the railroad station. It was the station people got off when traveling to see Weyer's Cave, and the name stuck for the town. Which is really strange, as the actual station name seems to have been Grottoes Station of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad.