Perhaps the best know is Linville Gorge, often called the Grand Canyon of North Carolina. The rim of the Gorge is 2,000 to 3,000 feet above the Linville River that falls almost 2,000 feet in just twelve miles. Fifteen miles east of Asheville Hickory Nut Gorge drops 1,800 feet in less than 10 miles. Bat Cave is in this gorge, the longest granite fissure cave in North America.