Bat Cave, North Carolina
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 the 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 and is also a regular victim of street sign theft, especially in the early 1990s during the popularity of the movie Batman Returns.
Bat Cave, North Carolina | |
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Unincorporated community | |
A fire engine of the Bat Cave fire department | |
Bat Cave Bat Cave | |
| Coordinates: 35°27′05″N 82°17′13″W | |
| 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 |
| Area code | 828 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1018981 |
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.