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| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| FA Room | 11/06/1980 | Surveyed by Todd Cedarholm, Kim Ellison, Steve Matson and Craig Wagner. |
| Facial, The | 5/20/1985 | |
| Fair Maid's Pathway | 07/17/1891 | Alvin McDonald, Robert Norcutt and William Ranger. |
| Fairgrounds | 03/20/1892 | This room was the largest discovered in Wind Cave until the Club Room was found in the 1960's. It was called the Fairgrounds because every feature of the cave could be found there. Also reported that the name came after John Stabler had a display of specimens at the State Fair and he led Governor Lee through this area. Alvin, Elmer and J.D. McDonald and George Stabler. |
| Fairy Palace | 05/1/1982 | This area exhibits a nice display of flowstone, stalactites and stalagmites. Surveyed by Jim Chisholm, Hal Johnson and Heide McClire. |
| Fairy Palace Loop | 1962 | Surveyed by Herb and Jan Conn |
| Fairy Wonderland | 1974 | |
| Faith, Hope & Charity | 12/26/1983 | These are the names of the 3 columns which give rise to the name Tri-Column Sandway. John Scheltens and Springhetti. |
| Fallen Flats | 01/12/1891 | This name derived from the large, flat breakdown on the floor of this room. Also called the Assembly Room or G.A.R. Hall (Grand Army of the Republic Hall). Alvin and Elmer McDonald and Melvin Moore. |
| Fallen Giant | 06/07/1976 | This is a very, very large chunk of breakdown located at the base of the stairs leading to the Coliseum. Alvin McDonald referred to it as the Pebble. Surveyed by Leroy Simon, ? Knapp, ? Ward |
| Fallen Leaf Room | 03/04/1979 | In this room there is an abundance of calcite rafts on the walls and floors which look like fallen leaves. Carole Loskot, John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti and Mike Wiles. |
| False Alarm Freeway | 08/?/1972 | Mark Stock & Nelson Kuniansky |
| False Floor City | 12/15/1984 | There is a series of broken false floors in this area of the cave. Some of then drop down 30 feet or more. Warren Netherton and Jim Pisarowicz. |
| Fan Rock | 1901 | A huge piece of boxwork that resembles a fan. On the Candlelight Tour. |
| Farleys Freeway | 01/10/1998 | A big, beautiful passage. Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, & Shawn Kramer |
| Farley's Pharmacy | 02/14/1998 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer, & Myk Coughlin |
| Fat Woman's Misery | 1901 | A crawl or squeeze where the Rescue Stairs are located on the Garden of Eden Tour. |
| Feather Bed Crawl | 06/12/1987 | Crawlway which is covered with very soft and powdery soil. Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and Darren Ressler |
| Ferret Loop | 07/08/2000 | A 200-foot small loop. Tom Dotter, Karl Mayne, Karla Whittenburg, & Kim VcVey. |
| Fetal Pit | 06/12/1993 | Sandy Kramer, Kathy Petty, & Clarence Williams. |
| 5th Avenue | 06/11/1994 | Hazel Barton, Bruce Albright, & John Ekeberg |
| 54th Avenue | 11/02/1990 | The cave survey went over 54 miles in this passage. Jim Nepstad, Mary Laycock, Stan Allison, Sue McDondald, Karen Hirschy, & Jamie Wolfe. |
| 57 Mile Hall | 02/23/1991 | The passage where the survey hit the 57-mile mark. Bob Kobza, Jim Nepstad, Warren Netherton, & Mike Paulick |
| Figure Eight Room | 08/1/1971 | The outline of this major intersection in Half-Mile Hall resembles a large "8", giving the room its name. Mapped by Andy Flurkey, Chris Hill and Bob Reinstatler. |
| Fireball Hall | 04/22/1986 | A passage named after the fireball candy that Jim Nepstad had just put into his mouth moments before the team crawled into this room. Greg and Jim Nepstad and Jim Pisarowicz. |
| Fish Bowl (Phish Bowl) | 07/11/1992 | A beautiful round room with red clay and bright white aragonite crystals-it looked lilke a beautiful crystal fish bowl to the explorers. Originally called the Phish Bowl because Dina was a groupie of the band Phish. Dina Venezky, Jim Wilson, Bill Yett, Aaron Birenboim |
| Fish Eggs | 12/26/1981 | John Scheltens, Mike Wiles, & Dave Springhetti |
| Fisher Traverse | Ken Carpenter | |
| Fish Room | 12/11/1993 | James Wilson, Mike Zawada, & Steve Kumpf |
| Fissure Passage | Mark Stock & Lester Lewis | |
| Five Finger Fall | 11/29/1986 | While surveying over this 25-foot pit, Karen Rosga dropped one of her gloves. The pit was deep enough and overhung such that the party could not retrieve the glove. A later trip did descend the pit and map about a quarter of a mile of cave at the bottom of the drop. Surveyed by Dave Gerboth, Jim Pisarowicz and Karen Rosga. |
| Five Hundred Foot Pit | 04/22/1986 | At this 14-foot deep pit, the day's survey went over 500 feet in length. Greg and Jim Nepstad and Jim Pisarowicz. |
| Five Points | 06/13/1891 | Also known as the Eastern Star Room. Alvin McDonald |
| Flailing Feet Crawl | 05/26/1991 | A fifty-foot long crawl in which the explorers feet were seen flailing around. Paul Burger, Stan Allison, Dina Venezky, & Bob Younger |
| Flaming Pink Tights Pit | 05/25/1987 | A pit where the ledges along the sides of the passage are all sloping steeply down and there is a thin layer of mud on the ledges and footholds. Curt Broeker, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler and Karen Rosga. |
| Flatiron | 06/14/1997 | A large flat-toped breakdown block. Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer, & Myk Coughlin |
| Flatiron Hall | 06/14/1997 | A 20-foot high passage off of the Flatiron. Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer, & Myk Coughlin |
| Flat Top Chamber | 07/9/1891 | Alvin McDonald |
| Flapjack Room | 01/11/1992 | A large room by only 2-feet high. Surveyed by Jim Clark, Veronica Stahl, Kirk Haley and Jerry Hassemer |
| Flood Plains | 01/01/1999 | Low-ceilinged area (1-3'), lots of mud and flood debris (pine needles…). Led to Phantom Lake. Marc Ohms, Paul Burger & Renee Rogers |
| Floordum | 8/29/1999 | False floors are found in this room. Marc Ohms & Kelly Mathis |
| Floorduh | 07/14/1990 | False floors are found in this room. Mislabeled Floordum on the map. Stan Allison and Paul Burger. |
| Flounder Hall | 12/08/1990 | Ted Lappin, Steve Reames, Bethany Jablonsky, & Stan Allison |
| Flounder Hole | 01/08/2000 | Evan Anderson, Pat Roberson, Shawn Kramer, & Micxah Ball |
| Flour Tube | 12/11/1993 | Discovered by the survey crew. It is an upper level passage off the Rainbow Rooms with corrosion residue walls that resembles flour. Has lots of bat scratches. Rod Horrocks, Clair Call, Kevin Pippen, Joel Despain, and Doug Kent. |
| Flower Garden | 07/23/1891 | Charles Holmes, C.F. McBride and Alvin McDonald. |
| Flower Shop | 06/30/1976 | Named for the large number of gypsum flowers. Surveyed by Phil Dodge, Bob Hirschy, ? Huber and Jim Palmer. |
| Flowers of the Night | 04/22/1986 | Small crawlway with nice anthrodites (literally stone flowers in Greek). Jim and Greg Nepstad and Jim Pisarowicz. |
| Flowfinger Falls | 11/21/1985 | An area with flowstone and soda straws which look like fingers hanging down from the ceiling. John Gookin, Jim Pisarowicz, Matt Soete and Geoff Williams. |
| Flowstone Dome, The | 09/03/1991 | A 20-foot high dome with lots of sodastraws, stalactites, draperies, flowstone and stalagmites. Jim Clark, Kirk Haley, & Veronica Stahl. |
| Flowstone Fantasy Freeway | 05/13/2000 | A three-foot high upper-level phreatic tube with a flowstone floor. Surveyed by John Scheltens, Ed LaRock, & Mike Behn. |
| Flying Zambino, The | 06/12/1987 | A 20-foot climb where the walls are very crumbly and threatened to turn the explorers into impromptu acrobats. The name "Zambino" came from the pencil that the explorers were using to take notes. On that pencil was the name "Ann Zambino". Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and Darren Ressler. |
| Fools Hollow | 01/11/1997 | Jim Wilson, Bruce Albright, Randy Williams, & Dan Wray. |
| Forty Mile Hall | 06/11/1984 | In this room the total surveyed length of Wind Cave reached and exceeded 40 miles. Warren Netherton, Jim Pisarowicz and Karen Rosga. |
| 4 x 4 Freeway | 11/23/1991 | A straight, four foot by four foot crawl. Doug Pflugh, Kreg Hamburger, & Tom Shelby. |
| Fragile Land | 08/08/1972 | Alvin McLane, Scott Brougham, & Ted Self |
| Freedom Bowl | 01/01/1991 | Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza, & Stan Allison |
| French Pastry Parlor | 02/02/1985 | A difficult room to get to that has triple false floors and lots of rafts. John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti, Andy Flurkey, & Alan Williams. |
| Freshman Frostline | 07/29/1977 | A large quantity of aragonite ("frostwork") in found in this area that looks like a smaller version of the Frostline. by ? Fenner, ? Huber, ? Lindley and ? Simon. |
| Frost Hall | 09/03/2000 | A short fissure passage with frostwork-covered walls. Carl Bern, Jeff Goben, Derek Wolfe, & Chris Schneider. |
| Frostbite Hole | 09/03/2000 | A frostwork lined hole that led to Frost Hall. Carl Bern, Jeff Goben, Derek Wolfe, & Chris Schneider |
| Frosted Flakes Room | 05/09/2000 | A 35-foot diameter room with gypsum luster and flakes of gypsum crust. Surveyed by Rod Horrocks, Sam Russell, Erik Freeman, & Sandy Myers |
| Frostline | Spectacular examples of frostwork can be seen in this area. All the frostwork seems to have developed below a line which can clearly be seen in the rooms at either end, hence the name. Herb and Jan Conn and Dave Schnute. | |
| Frostline Overpass | 05/11/1991 | A short upper-level passage that passes over the Frostline. Loose rock and a fissure in the floor that ties into the Frostline, prevent this route from being used. Steve Smith, Kevin Smith, & Jerry Hassmer |
| Fungus Humongous | 11/16/1991 | Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison, & Bob Kobza |
| Funnel Chimney | 08/01/1971 | A funnel-shaped dome above OF32. Chris Hill & team |
| Funnel Fissure | 1974 | |
| Fun Passage | 11/9/1996 | Mike Wiles, Marc Ohms, Noah Daniels |
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