Shawnee Cave (also called Donaldson Cave or Donaldson-Bronson Cave) is located in

Spring Mill State Park Spring Mill State Park is a state park in the state of Indiana. The park is located to the south of Bloomington, about east of the city of Mitchell on Indiana Highway 60. It contains a settler's village, the Gus Grissom Memorial (with the ac ...

in the state of

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. Access to the cave is controlled by the

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. Shawnee Cave is the last of three underground passages, totaling just over 8,000 feet, of a stream that originates southeast of the park, and flows through Twin Caves and Bronson Cave, within the park. Shawnee Cave can be entered through the Bronson Cave Entrance and exited via the Donaldson Entrance. The passage connecting Twin Caves to Bronson Cave is extremely dangerous and is off limits. The Indiana DNR has lifted the ban on access to the cave, that was previously imposed to battle

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, which is contracted by bats. Access to Shawnee cave is arranged through the Indiana Karst Conservancy via their web page.

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