Tunnel Hill is more of a place than it is a community. There are lots of middle class homes spread out in and around this area which gets its name from a railroad tunnel which was blasted through one of the knobs. Though the tunnel is no longer used, it is rich in history.
During the Civil War, the union army built two forts north of the tunnel to protect the trestles leading to the tunnel. General Morgan and his band of raiders destroyed several of the trestles on one of their raids and Civil War items can still be found around the tunnel. After the war the area around the tunnel was an important logging area with its own train station.
Today the area is a mix of small farms and homes on the edge of Elizabethtown.
The tunnel is now on private property. Like most folks that grew up in this area, I have been to the tunnel; it features a large cut in the ground on its southern approach and two large ventilation shafts that are lined with hand cut stone. The tunnel is an awe inspiring sight even by today’s standards, considering that all of this was done with old fashioned blasting techniques.
Standing near the Tunnel Hill Road railroad crossing and looking north, you will see a large transmission tower. The tunnel is just left of the tower(see topo on this page). Do not visit the tunnel with out permission from the landowner. This cache has been placed near the road in a public area.
There is plenty of parking except maybe on Sunday morning.
The cache is a clear M & M container with only a logbook. Cache is wedged into hiding spot, please retrieve logbook only.
This cache placed and maintained by a member of Geocky, InKy and the Heartland Geocachers
