Jacob's Room: a room named for a ladder

Jacob's Room is the room just before the Chimes Room, on the cave's upper level. It is the first room of the last 500 feet of passage, which opened to visitors in 1986.

We believe the name comes from a ladder that visitors once had to climb to reach the upper level, a nod to Jacob's Ladder in the Bible. The old 1970 to 1971 survey puts the name Jacob's Room on a different, smaller room farther in. That room has no official name and is too small to open to the public.

What to know

• Jacob's Room is the room just before the Chimes Room.
• The last 500 feet of passage has been open to the public since 1986, and Jacob's Room is the first room along it.
• We believe the name refers to a ladder once climbed to reach the upper level, a reference to Jacob's Ladder.
• The room labeled Jacob's Room on the old survey is a different, smaller room with no official name, too small to open to the public.

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