Florida’s Forgotten Underground Roadside Attraction At Florida Caverns State Park - TOUR OF THE CAVE

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  • Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
  • Florida’s Largest & Forgotten Underground Roadside Attraction - Florida Caverns State Park - Full Tour! I’ve always wanted to do this! Florida “freaking” Caverns in Mariana, Florida! Much Below!
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  • @TampaJay
    @TampaJay  Месяц назад +15

    Thanks for watching! Much ahead! instagram.com/tampajay

  • @williamcoslosky
    @williamcoslosky Месяц назад +11

    I met the Walmart Tampa Jay today. Dude was rocking the baseball cap, aviators, reflective vest and cargo shorts. 🤣

  • @Shelly-in-Tampa
    @Shelly-in-Tampa Месяц назад +5

    A kick from down under the earth. I love caverns!

  • @billybridges8727
    @billybridges8727 Месяц назад +5

    Thanks Tampa Jay for shooting such great videos. Have a great day.

  • @daniM3636
    @daniM3636 Месяц назад +2

    Yay! Florida back roads.Everyone thinks of Florida, beaches and theme parks. So much more. Love that you highlight beautiful and abandoned Florida places.

  • @AHicks-yp8wq
    @AHicks-yp8wq Месяц назад +3

    ❤ Enjoyed the video...I appreciate how you take us on so many Adventures with you. Your videos are the highlight of my day... The cave was really cool....but caves always make me think of that movie "The Descent" lol.... Have a blessed day ..😊🦩🦩

  • @Crossfirepyro2
    @Crossfirepyro2 Месяц назад +3

    Awesome one of the places in Florida I never been to but it’s on my bucket list. God I got to get back to Florida.😊

  • @Positive90sCarl
    @Positive90sCarl Месяц назад +6

    No better way to kick off a Sunday. Great video Jay! Glad to see you’re getting some dirt on the Subaru.

  • @NHMOMBIE
    @NHMOMBIE Месяц назад +2

    That was beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

  • @noellesimagination7813
    @noellesimagination7813 Месяц назад +1

    I always wanted to go here. Thanks for taking us.

  • @redwemette5942
    @redwemette5942 Месяц назад +1

    Mariana is where time stood still, I love it there

  • @michaelstrong3634
    @michaelstrong3634 Месяц назад +1

    Really enjoyed this video. Love caves. Thanks for taking us along.

  • @fritzmeynejr2983
    @fritzmeynejr2983 Месяц назад +1

    TJ, I really like you location choices and your presentations. Thank you!

  • @beckymartin7943
    @beckymartin7943 Месяц назад +1

    Absolutely love to explore caves. I have been to several, but I have not been to the ones in Florida. I have been to a lot in Alabama and Tennessee and Virginia. They are beautiful in a spooky way.

  • @averybryant6997
    @averybryant6997 Месяц назад +1

    reminds me of the Lost Sea caverns in Tennessee. a must see.

  • @thecoolestdad
    @thecoolestdad Месяц назад +2

    Jay way back in the 80s my wife and I went through the Florida Caverns cave. We took the tour into the cave. Everything looks so different now than I remember it. It certainly wasn't $15 to take the tour back then. Today I wouldn't be able to go through the cave. I tried to go through the cave tour at Ruby Falls and I couldn't do it. When we got down the elevator and walked to the gathering area, I started feeling anxiety hit me and I knew I had to get out. The tour guide girl got me around to the elevator and back up to the top. I waited up top outside for my daughter to walk the tour.

  • @racheld.1273
    @racheld.1273 Месяц назад +1

    Thank you Tampa Jay for all ur videos !!!

  • @MiamisburgJay
    @MiamisburgJay Месяц назад +1

    The cave was cool Jay :) Thanks as always... keep it up

  • @markdraskovics1962
    @markdraskovics1962 Месяц назад +1

    HEY,.. TAMPA JAY Well man just
    Wanted to let you know how much That I've been Enjoying Your Videos love the Back road and abandon places
    The caves are Really awesome
    Also Ok Jay please Take care and be Safe on all Your Travels !!!

  • @joangravel2436
    @joangravel2436 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks awesome place I enjoyed watching

  • @UncaDave
    @UncaDave Месяц назад +1

    Thanks Jay! I have stayed in a lot of parks but not this one so hopefully this goes on my list with my trailer. And thanks for this great video! Good job!

  • @thelindazoo
    @thelindazoo Месяц назад

    Boy that brought back some memories! I went there with my Girl Scout Troop when I was eleven 52 years ago. When the guide got to the part about turning all the lights off I totally lost it! Remember there were no cell phones then so there was absolutely no light. He had to turn the light back on because I was crying. I messed up that moment for everyone! Just watching this I’m getting kinda weirded out 😄
    You did a great job documenting the tour and seeing all the beauty! And this time, I was able to enjoy it!😄

  • @garfixit
    @garfixit Месяц назад +2

    ❤well now I want to go

  • @treasuretom13
    @treasuretom13 Месяц назад +1

    Awesome cavesite.. I'll have to check ✅ it out

  • @SanDiegoAnnie
    @SanDiegoAnnie Месяц назад

    Reminded me of the Lehman Caves at Great Basin National Park in Nevada. Cave bacon...who knew? Another awesome video! Thanks, Jay! Safe travels to you, always!

  • @BlackCat-aka-Jewels
    @BlackCat-aka-Jewels Месяц назад

    This is wonderful Jay! We have the Oregon Caves here in Oregon. It's so similar but yet different!
    My husband is a caver too. Come on over and we will take you!
    Wonderful video! Thanks so much!!!❤

  • @vickys7370
    @vickys7370 Месяц назад +1

    Awesome 👏 loving outdoors and natures wonders 🦇🦇 Thank you Great Caves 🦩🤗

  • @diane1390
    @diane1390 Месяц назад

    My parents got to see the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico on their honeymoon in 1951. I'd love to see those.

  • @Sam-02024
    @Sam-02024 Месяц назад

    Appreciated the tour! The Stalactite - Stalagmite shirt 👍

  • @trish5556
    @trish5556 Месяц назад

    Great cave tour! I have been in lots of caves and this was top notch. I think Luray Caverns is my fav. I don't live all that far from Mammoth Cave now but can't leave my hubby alone (disabled) for that long a trip. We are right down the road from Squire Boone Caverns and Indiana Caverns, which I have been to. When we lived in Utah, I toured Mt. Timpanogos Cave and that was the hardest because you had to hike up the mountain to get to the cave and you were worn out.

  • @UncaDave
    @UncaDave Месяц назад

    Another suggestion, check out O’Leno State Park down in High Springs, FL, where the Santa Fe River disappears below the ground and reappears three miles away at River Rise State Park. This was also one of our first state parks and also developed by the CCC. Very interesting history to this area too.

  • @allytebow
    @allytebow Месяц назад

    Lived my whole life in Orlando/Seminole county but last year we moved up here to Defuniak Springs and it’s beautiful up here! The beaches obviously but also the springs, rivers and lakes all way more clear than central FL. Totally correct in it basically being southern AL 😂 Great video, been wanting to check the caverns out, much ahead!

  • @MattTheLizard
    @MattTheLizard Месяц назад

    Jay... thanks for doing one up in N Florida. You inspire me.

  • @zenpanda8351
    @zenpanda8351 Месяц назад

    Hey, I know where you went!! It's an awesome experience. Glad you enjoyed it!! Loved the video!!

  • @sharonstover7337
    @sharonstover7337 Месяц назад

    You have a great life, with all the adventures and traveling you are able to do!! Thank you for taking us along!! You’re awesome, and you are loved!! ❤

  • @richardreadinger1724
    @richardreadinger1724 Месяц назад

    I'm so glad your Tampa Jay and not Fort Smith Jay,lol. Not much is here. 😊 So much to Florida, I didn't know.

  • @jeffreynagy5395
    @jeffreynagy5395 Месяц назад

    No doubt, one of my favorite vlog of this year. Thank you Tampa Jay!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Месяц назад

      Thanks, my friend. Glad to hear it.!

  • @karenjohnson3495
    @karenjohnson3495 Месяц назад

    That was fun Mr. Jay

  • @elizabethbelflower5284
    @elizabethbelflower5284 Месяц назад

    As a local always loved the caverns .I have always loved the town of Marianna but it does have a dark history as well .Very strange that a place can have such natural beauty but so much human caused heartache, horror and be home to one of the most tragic stories in Florida history .I am of course talking about the infamous Dozier School For Boys .The two things Marianna is best known for beyond any doubt .Though tragic a place that should never be forgotten .RIP to all those suffered and died horribly and prayers for those still dealing with the horrors that happened there .

  • @cindypowel7517
    @cindypowel7517 Месяц назад

    I think the statue had an ax 4 them there giant gators at the time!😳 interesting tour, stay away from the water Jay! as always thx 4 taking us all along on your under world adventure

  • @robinlee6295
    @robinlee6295 Месяц назад

    I've always wanted to stop there when we traveled through that area from Missouri to visit my Dad in Florida. Thanks for sharing! 😊

  • @hunteralex13
    @hunteralex13 Месяц назад

    Love your videos!! If you ever feel like going even more west, check out Ponce de Leon and Vortex Springs FL. Awesome on a hot summer day!! The spring is cold and clear, and is said to be the "real" fountain of youth...Looking to much ahead!!!

  • @bluskyz75
    @bluskyz75 Месяц назад

    This video came at the perfect time, I have a trip to the caverns planned for next week!

  • @neilalday1815
    @neilalday1815 Месяц назад

    Hey Jay I'm from the area...cone back anytime the river is springfed and is usually clear when not in the rainy season....oh yeah you should check out the little grand canyon about an hour and 15 north of marianna! Killer job on the vid

  • @Halloweenlover10.31
    @Halloweenlover10.31 Месяц назад

    How have I lived in FL for 25 years and not know about this? We're way over in Jax, but definitely someplace I want to visit❤ Tnx.

  • @timrehberg6968
    @timrehberg6968 Месяц назад

    I have lived in Marianna all my life and have been in the caves so many times. It’s awesome to see people travel to our small town to visit. And just to note caverns use to be loaded with more trees but hurricane Michael took a hit on them.

  • @MichelleMartin-ld6zg
    @MichelleMartin-ld6zg Месяц назад

    That cave you was walking through was so cool 😎 and the blue 💙 and red was awesome thanks for taking us with you Tampa Jay I enjoyed watching your video can't wait to watch your next video 😀 love ❤️ from Michelle over here in Nottingham in England ♥️ 😊😅😂❤

  • @brianhumphrey6791
    @brianhumphrey6791 Месяц назад

    Great video TJ

  • @styxfan4022
    @styxfan4022 Месяц назад

    Very cool tour I kept hoping you would catch some sleestack's from land of the lost lurking around down there...lol

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  Месяц назад

      Ha ha I love that show so classic

  • @rickmiller7547
    @rickmiller7547 Месяц назад

    Great video! Thanks!

  • @bjornemccomb8262
    @bjornemccomb8262 Месяц назад

    I’ve been to Luray Caverns in Virginia and also Ruby Falls in Tennessee and this is comparable to those, next time I’m riding through the panhandle I’ll definitely stop with my family!

  • @kristy.lee1973
    @kristy.lee1973 Месяц назад

    Your crazy as H E double LL! Lol! That tunnel cave look just like the one on the movie IT! Nope not today Satan...plus cave spiders...nope!! Lmao! I was holding my breath watching!! Now the guided tour maybe cause it had lights and roomy! Thanks for the video!!

  • @sandman4384
    @sandman4384 Месяц назад

    Thanks nice place cool

  • @eric_in_florida
    @eric_in_florida Месяц назад

    Always love a good cave adventure!

  • @marybethmooney7490
    @marybethmooney7490 Месяц назад

    Thanks for covering this…Always wanted to go, but sadly, my brother passed before we had the chance. We had plans & hopes to, so at least now I’ve experienced it thru your eyes & lens…Thanks Again!!

  • @aaronjamesmongcopa
    @aaronjamesmongcopa Месяц назад

    I'm glad there were no snakes or spiders around. :)

  • @brendawhisenhunt8444
    @brendawhisenhunt8444 Месяц назад

    Awesome video!!!

  • @charlmaynehawthorne9372
    @charlmaynehawthorne9372 Месяц назад

    WE have several sizes of lava flows cavernous in my area, too of Lassen, Shasta , and Siskyou counties in northern California.

  • @Bifyton
    @Bifyton Месяц назад

    If you ever end up going to the baseball hall of fame go to Howe Caverns which is an hour from Cooperstown they have a boat in the cave that takes you through part of the way.

  • @Frank-jl1ce
    @Frank-jl1ce Месяц назад

    Love this video tampa jay and I love it when you say take a screen shot it'll last longer.

  • @Mark-ur4ds
    @Mark-ur4ds Месяц назад

    Looked a cool time! We’ll done ➡️

  • @kimberlylyerly2207
    @kimberlylyerly2207 Месяц назад

    Hey there, Tampa Jay! I'm ready for another adventure, but first, I want your tshirt! 😊
    Stay safe! 🤗

  • @srevero1
    @srevero1 Месяц назад

    Thank you, that was so beautiful; and interesting.

  • @BlackCat-aka-Jewels
    @BlackCat-aka-Jewels Месяц назад

    By the wsy Jay...we have the " Enchanted Forest" in Salem lol

  • @rickschulte8594
    @rickschulte8594 Месяц назад

    Very interesting thank you

  • @joannhempen8210
    @joannhempen8210 18 дней назад

    Really enjoyed your video❤. Loved and subbed!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  18 дней назад

      Glad
      To hear thank you so much !!

  • @charlmaynehawthorne9372
    @charlmaynehawthorne9372 Месяц назад

    THIS VERY NICE, THANK YOU TAMPA JAY.

  • @leearmstrong2743
    @leearmstrong2743 Месяц назад +2

    Mornin Jay!!

  • @jameshughes9351
    @jameshughes9351 18 дней назад

    Hey tj, visit the lost sea between chatanooga and knoxville off i75 in tennesee. Beatifull tour. 😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗😗

  • @sarahmoller9716
    @sarahmoller9716 Месяц назад

    It was so beautiful in the Florida Cavern. WOW!! That old light on the ceiling is ALMOST as old as I am. So interesting... I do notice you like to push buttons, as do my great grandson. 😂. I am originally from Bardstown Ky and we went to the caves, lakes and parks. My Dad would tell that it was known Native Americans or outlaws could ride their horses into the Horse Cave to hide. Looking forward to seeing the next video. 🤗. Stay safe

  • @rareluck
    @rareluck Месяц назад

    I'm sure the trees there were much more substantial prior to Hurricane Michael. That was a cat 5 storm that cut a path right through the panhandle.

  • @willbygosh4887
    @willbygosh4887 Месяц назад

    There's a Pomelo Grove that you should check out in Thonotosassa.

  • @jparker59able
    @jparker59able Месяц назад

    Wow the caves are nice. Jay, I've only been watching your videos for about a year. I'm from central Florida (Hardee, South Polk). I was wondering if you've done a video on Highlands Hammock State Park in Sebring? If you have, I'll search through your older videos.

  • @goodfella4
    @goodfella4 Месяц назад

    I never knew they had caverns like this in Florida! I wonder if they teach tour guides to use the inflections in their voice like this guy does and when that started to be a thing.

  • @ChristopherHovis
    @ChristopherHovis Месяц назад

    Good video keep it up ❤

  • @antoniorojas9825
    @antoniorojas9825 Месяц назад

    if your near Panama there’s a year round haunt called fear at the pier you should check out but this also looks super cool

  • @roadstraveledphotography8440
    @roadstraveledphotography8440 Месяц назад

    This washer is a pretty cool, place to stay with great perks for the price point. And once you become diamond, as you know, you get upgraded to the cool rooms, the best best western is the grand best western and Gainesville. It’s more like the Hilton.
    Hey, next time you’re in the area up there you’ve got to stay at Wakulla Lodge.
    Visit Falling Waters, lots of old churches in that area too. Keep up the good work I love your off-road places.

  • @MikeRuh01
    @MikeRuh01 Месяц назад

    Every cave, when you get to the center, they always turn off the lights so ya can experience real darkness. I've only gone inside Meramec Caverns in Missouri. But it sure was dark. Thanks TJ

  • @dennissmith5807
    @dennissmith5807 Месяц назад

    I went to Florida Caverns a few years ago. It was swell.

  • @lukekelley9043
    @lukekelley9043 Месяц назад

    Great videos jay

  • @dennisud
    @dennisud Месяц назад

    Now I have another place to visit in the future!

  • @rondaduffey8730
    @rondaduffey8730 Месяц назад

    Never knew this!? Maybe as a kid but maybe not,?

  • @lauriestull1077
    @lauriestull1077 Месяц назад

    Even where. BUSH'S The huge factory and it's They have a restaurant they have different. How they make the beans. It's huge they have I'm a movie how it all begins. You even get pictures of duke the dog. And they show all kinds of stuff. They have gift shops. Old towns it's really cool. I know you would love this place.

  • @chrisnorthridge4953
    @chrisnorthridge4953 Месяц назад

    No way in a cave lol remember all those trapped, no ty but thanks for being brave n sharing

  • @gregtodakonzie6168
    @gregtodakonzie6168 Месяц назад

    🤩

  • @sa1ntluke
    @sa1ntluke Месяц назад +1

    Caves are scary

  • @mirandacoates6561
    @mirandacoates6561 Месяц назад

    Love watching your videos and Chris the girls videos would love too meet you and Chris I live in the U.K. love too you both 🫶🏻🦩❤️🇬🇧

  • @juliogonzales5441
    @juliogonzales5441 Месяц назад

    NO FOBIA JAY...I DID😅

  • @larrygreen1915
    @larrygreen1915 Месяц назад

    Coffee is so much better without cream in it

  • @barbaramartin6537
    @barbaramartin6537 18 дней назад

    Watch out for rattle snake.

  • @barbaramartin6537
    @barbaramartin6537 18 дней назад

    Maybe you can see bats.🦇🦇🦇

  • @WAYUPDUDE1382
    @WAYUPDUDE1382 Месяц назад

  • @Elephant2024-wi2li
    @Elephant2024-wi2li Месяц назад

    Going through a cave can be a rocky road sometimes.🪨
    But we promise never to take you for granite, Tampa Jay.😆

  • @davew1065
    @davew1065 Месяц назад

    Pennsylvania has a lot of these caves you can tour. Look them up.