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| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Napoleon's Tomb | 1901 | A large breakdown block that resembles Napoleon's tomb. Located in McKinley Memorial Hall (possibly Browns Canyon). |
| Nasal Passage | 11/01/1979 | A tight crawlway that you almost have to scrape your nose off to get through. ? Trossell |
| Nasby's Dome | ||
| Natural Bridge Room | A room where a natural bridge is formed between two pits. John Scheltens? | |
| Natural Dump | 01/23/1891 | Alvin McDonald and Frank and Walter Stirling. |
| Natural Entrance | Refers to the entrance found in 1881 by Tom and Jesse Bingham. Tom and Jesse Bingham | |
| Nave Junction | 12/8/2000 | A led to a low-ceilinged area with passages radiating off in all directions and multiple pits in the floor. This area was named Nave Junction by the explorers. Rod Horrock & Chris Ingrebretsen |
| Navidad | 06/14/1997 | Evan Anderson, Hazel Barton, Myk Couglin, & Sean Kramer |
| Navidead | 06/14/1997 | A 20-foot diameter hall that all the leads off of it ended. Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer, & Myk Coughlin |
| Navideadendy | 06/14/1997 | A large dead-end room, 80' x 20', discovered by the survey crew. Evan Anderson, Hazel Barton, Myk Couglin, & Sean Kramer |
| Navidud | 06/14/1997 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer, & Myk Coughlin |
| Navi-Gate | 06/14/1997 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer, & Myk Coughlin |
| Navi-Hole | 06/14/1997 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer, & Myk Coughlin |
| Navi-Road | 06/14/1997 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer, & Myk Coughlin |
| Navi-Poo | 07/05/1998 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Noah Daniels |
| Navi-Way | 06/14/1997 | Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Shawn Kramer, & Myk Coughlin |
| Near Ice | 04/13/1993 | A puddle of water. Bill Hawn, Bob Phillips, Steve Lester, Steve Smith, and Jim Nepstad |
| Nebraska Dome | 07/04/1891 | Alvin McDonald, M.E. and Willie Crookam and George Lee. |
| Necessary Evil | 07/09/1994 | A 40-foot rope drop in the Western Fringe area of the cave. First dropped by Evan Anderson, Bruce Albright, Hazel Barton and Paul Burger. Evan Anderson, Bruce Albright, Hazel Barton and Paul Burger |
| Needle Nook | 03/19/1987 | A series of low rooms with false floors and millions of gypsum needles. Surveyed by Kevin Frasier, Greg and Jim Nepstad and Darren Ressler. |
| Needles Highway | 03/11/1992 | The NH (Needles Highway) survey. Max Manzur, Becky Ward, Wes Allen, & David Coles |
| Never Again Climb | 04/10/1993 | A difficult climb on the BHA survey. Max and Mike Mazur, and John Coyne |
| Never Goes | 11/30/1988 | A crawl that started underneath a false floor near the end of the Elephant Trunk and led to 700+ feet of cave. Jim had commented before they entered the crawl that false floors never go anywhere. Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, & Bill Rodgers |
| New Beginnings Room | 06/11/1999 | As the new cave specialist, Rod took on this area as his first project in Wind Cave, thus the name. The room had candle stubs and string probably dating from the Alvin McDonald era. Alan Howard began the survey into this room in 1962. Surveyed by Rod Horrocks and Quincy and Rosie Bahr. |
| New Orleans Passage | 08/18/1970 | Chris Hill, John Scheltens, & ? |
| New Realities | 11/16/1991 | Jim Nepstad, Stan Allison, & Bob Kobza |
| New York Elevated R.R. | ||
| Newspaper Room | 1890's | Large amounts of old newspaper, left behind by the McDonalds or Stablers in the 1890s. Rediscovered in December of 1971 by Andy Flurkey and Chris Hill. |
| New Throne Room | 06/25/1999 | Room found off of the New Beginnings Room. Rob Richardson looked at the room on August 11, 1957 and left his name in the soft corrosion residue. Surveyed by Rod Horrocks, Derek Nelson, Bina Vanmali |
| Nice Hummers | Named because the huge boxwork fins hum when someone yelled. | |
| Nice Ice | 04/16/1993 | A crystal encrusted pool. Bill Hawn, Bob Phillips, Steve Lester, Steve Smith, Jim Nepstad and Bob Kobza. |
| Nina's Cavern | 03/20/1890 | Alvin, Elmer and J.D. McDonald and George Stabler. |
| Noah's Beard | This large display of gypsum resembles an old man's beard. Alan Howard | |
| Nobel Prize, The | 05/06/1987 | Large room off the Super Conductor (a discovery which will undoubtedly yield its discoverers a Nobel Prize). Jim Nepstad and Jim Pisarowicz |
| No Forgivness Pit | 09/14/1996 | A 20-foot pit. Hazel Barton, Evan Anderson, Jim Wilson, & Tim Moreland |
| Nook Room | 02/23/1991 | Bob Kobza, Jim Nepstad, Warren Netherton, & Mike Paulick |
| North Room | 06/05/1885 | The northern most room on the tour trails. This area was probably first entered before 1884, but this date is the earliest written record for the room. This room has also been called the Bridal Chamber because of a wedding held in this room. L.C. Faris, Frank Halden and Charlie Roe |
| Northwest Area | 1962 | Surveyed by Herb & Jan Conn |
| Northwest Territory | 10/26/1991 | Large room (100' x 100' x 40' high) and passage area just northwest of Southern Comfort. Stan Allison, Paul Burger and Doug Kent |
| No Thru Streets | 12/13/1980 | So named because its passages do not lead to anywhere. John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti and Mike Wiles. |
| No Way Crawl | 11/25/1987 | A tight crawl with an elusive breeze but there is no way that a person could continue on in this passage. Discovered at the end of a very frustrating day of exploring. Shaun Larson and Jim Pisarowicz |
| Nuclear Winter Room | 1987 | A small room with a pit in the floor and calcite-covered floors. |
| Nudist Colony | 07/26/1984 | When Herb and Jan Conn found this large room in they were "as happy as two mosquitoes in a nudist colony".Herb and Jan Conn |
| Nursery | Discovered on September 29, 1893 by Alvin McDonald and John Stabler. | |
| Nursery | 1966, Surveyed 07/21/1979 | The area was probably first entered by Herb & Jan Conn. Ed Pekin was also involved in surveying the area. Survey by John Scheltens and Dave Springhetti. A different area than the Nursery referred to above. |
| Nutcracker, The | 5/3/1984 | |
| Nut House | 07/12/1973 | Rick Banning and Andy Flurkey |
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