Sequoyah Caverns and Ellis Homestead are located in Valley Head, Alabama. The site offers visitors guided tours, duck feeding, gem mining, watch crafts being created, see deer, sheep and goats grazing, or enjoy the a hike up to Lookout Point to enjoy the scenery. Visitors are even able to fish or camp.
The ancient caverns have many reflection pools and passageways with level footpaths so that anyone can explore the cavern. Nature has turned areas of the caverns into an amazing formations and intricate rock designs.
Visitors area able to mine for multicolored gems using the same technique that settler used when they were mining for gold years ago.
Life at the caverns and homestead is very relaxed. Visitors are encouraged to lean against the fence and enjoy the white fallow deer or the goats and sheep grazing.
James Ellis moved to Valley Head in 1841 and built a log cabin and later a frame house, which is where the campground is now located. The cabin was moved and used for another home on the farm. The family worked hard to cut farmland and to accumulate hundreds of acres of land. Descendants of James Ellis still live at the homestead and welcome visitors to the home and caverns.
There are 85 campsites at the homestead with water and electricity and 15 have sewer service. Reservations are not required but suggested. The campsite has a pool, store and restrooms.
Tours are offered daily with experienced guides. Tours include the Looking Glass Tour, which will take visitors through the caverns reflection pools and the rock formations and designs in the caverns. Tours depart every hour. The Wild Cave Adventure is one of the most popular tours at the caverns. This tour goes into parts of the cave that not all visitors will get to see. The guides will educate visitors with the wonders of the caverns and overnight trips are available for Scout and Youth groups. Reservations are required for this tour.
Events held at the site include the Civil War re-enactments, which are held over several days each November. Each year from December 21-24 a live nativity scene event is held. During spring visitors can witness the world of tractors, engines and machinery along with music and crafts. Every 4th of July the site has bluegrass music and fireworks to entertain visitors. To host these special events the site has a picnic pavilion area, stage and pool, which is able to be used by visitors for any special event that they wish to host at the Caverns or Homestead.
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