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| Name | Date Discovered | Comments |
| Taxman | 10/17/1985 | A tight squeeze between Wall Street and the Way Back Room. Named because of the "squeeze" it puts on Wall Street. Chris Gerow and ? |
| T-Bear's Den | 09/18/1985 | Named after Tom Farrell, who is often referred to as T-Bear. Surveyed by Tom Farrell and Jim Pisarowicz |
| Tabernacle | 07/23/1891 | Large room on the Candlelight Tour that leads to the Pearly Gates. Charles Holmes, O.F. McBride and Alvin McDonald |
| Taco Hole | 08/19/1973 | A hole checked out to its bitter end by all four Paha Sapa Grotto members on the same trip. Dave Springhetti, Carol Laskot, Mark Stock, L. Lewis |
| Tadpoles Delight | 11/04/1991 | Harry Burgess, R. A. Brame, Joe Austin, Graham Wadds, Kelly Morrison, Scott Bentley, Josh Kantawite, Doug Giffin |
| Tannis Passage | 05/29/01 | Upper level passage. Rod Horrocks, Dave, Ryan & Jordan Shurtz |
| Taylor Shop | 02/24/2000 | A room where everything is covered with subaqueous coatings and everything grabs at clothes. Rod and Nick ripped their clothes and need to go to the tailor's shop. Room name spelled "Taylor" after Jimmy Taylor, the Superintendent that retired a few days after the trip. Surveyed by Rod Horrocks, Nick Myers, Matt Truitt, & Belinda Fox |
| Telescope Room | Named for a conulite in a false floor that can be looked through. | |
| Temple | 11/26/1890 | The original name of this room was Sceneries of Wicklow and then Masonic Temple. R.B. Moss and Alvin McDonald |
| Tangent, The | 700 feet of mostly walking cave that dead ended. Stan Allison, Myk Coughlin, & Mike Wiles | |
| Tennis Court | 02/10/1891 | The boxwork in the ceiling and walls of this room resemble the netting of a tennis net. Alvin McDonald and J.M. Moore |
| Terra-Cotta Trail | 03/15/2001 | A370-foot long passage the cavers named "Terra-Cotta Trail", after the brownish orange floors. Rod Horrocks, Dave Shurtz, Ryan Shurtz, and Jordan Shurtz |
| Terri's Poke Pit | 09/26/1985 | When Terri Marceron climbed down into this room, pulling the survey tape to set up a point, she got poked in the rear by a rock sticking out of the floor. Mike Laycock, Terri Marceron and Jim Pisarowicz |
| Texas Rock | 05/15/1984 | A large breakdown block located below the Fairy Palace fissure. |
| Thighmaster | 03/28/1992 | A tight awkward squeeze around a corner. Jim Nepstad, Bob Kobza, Stan Allison, & Harry Burgess |
| Thingamabob | 07/11/1992 | Paul Burger, Skip Withrow, & Stan Allison |
| Thousand-Foot Maze | 10/14/2000 | A mazy area where the explorers had their first 1,000-foot survey day in Wind Cave. They left many leads for additional trips. Rod Horrocks, Derek Wolfe, and Jonathan Brinson |
| Three Battery Pit | 03/15/1988 | Darren Ressler, Jim Nepstad, Coleen Walter, & Erik Major |
| Three D Crawls | 03/14/1987 | A series of low crawls that led to the Dreamland area. Also known as Darrens Democratic Discovery. Jim and Greg Nepstad, Darren Ressler, and Kevin Frasier |
| Three Way Stairs | Three sets of stairs leave from this point in the cave along the tour trail. Name derived from CCC records dating to 1933. Also known as the Bridge of Sighs. | |
| Three-Pocket Hole | 05/25/1987 | When Curt Broeker crawled through this tight hole he ripped 3 pockets off his coveralls. Curt Broeker, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler and Karen Rosga |
| Throne, The | 04/19/1980 | John Scheltens and Dave Springhetti |
| Thumbs Away | 09/22/1986 | The first station in this room used Karen Rosga's thumb for the survey target. Mary Laycock, Jim Pisarowicz, Darren Ressler and Karen Rosga |
| Thunder Dome | 04/20/1991 | Verne Carlson, Steve Smith, Bill Hawn, & Bob Phillips |
| Thunder Dome, Beyond | 04/20/1991 | A small dome beyond Thunder Dome. Verne Carlson, Steve Smith, Bill Hawn, & Bob Phillips |
| Ticket Office | 03/20/1892 | Alvin, Elmer, and J.D. McDonald and George Stabler |
| Times Square | ||
| Time Warp Alley | 05/8/1993 | Jim Clark, Stefan Scherer, Veronica Stahl |
| Titantic Room | 08/1/1971 | Long hall located just beyond the Iceberg. Chris Hill, Nelson Kuniansky, Steve Nordstrom and John Scharres |
| Toboggan Slide | 07/04/1891 | Alvin McDonald, George Lee and M.E. and Willie Crookam |
| Toilet Bowl | Mark Stock & Lester Lewis | |
| Toilet, The | 05/09/1992 | Don Denton, Christian George, & Aaron Zumpf |
| Toll Gate | 10/23/1980 | The small hole which led to the discovery of the Silent Expressway. John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti and Mike Wiles |
| Toll Plaza | 10/23/1980 | Located just beyond the Toll Gate. John Scheltens, Dave Springhetti and Mike Wiles |
| Tombstone | 04/17/1980 | A flat piece of chert lying on the floor in this area resembles a tombstone to these NOLS surveyors. Kathy Bogan, John Ethridge, Randy Olson and NeNe Wolfe. |
| Tom Paine | Tight spot on the pink and black trail to the Colorado Grotto section. | |
| Tonsil, The | 11/15/1997 | Ed LaRock, Andy Flurkey, & Mike Behn |
| Toon Town | 05/02/1992 | An extremely mazy section. Stan Allison, Paul Burger, Mike Goughlin, & Mike Wiles |
| Tough Decisions | 11/18/1987 | A junction room near the Bagel Bowl where it was difficult to decide which direction to go as all the leads looked good. Jim Pisarowicz, Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler and Bob Kobza |
| Toxic Waste Dump | 02/17/1989 | A very difficult boxwork-covered, 100-foot fissure climb on the TW survey, Toxic Waste. The surveyors had been discussing toxic waste earlier in the trip. Jim Nepstad, Darren Ressler, Bob Kobza, & Marc Lamphere |
| Tractor Seat | 10/18/1993 | |
| Transition Lake | 08/1/1970 | Located between Calcite Lake and Windy City Lake. Chris Hill |
| Tribble Hole | 10/12/1991 | A six-foot long crawl that is 12" x 16" at CSE10. From the cuddly furballs named "Tribbles" on the popular Star Trek TV series. Donna Lehman & Bonnie Ann Burdett |
| Tri Column Sandway | 12/26/1983 | Named for 3 columns at station KY549. John Scheltens and Dave Springhetti |
| Tri 40 Room | 08/03/1972 | Three different surveys enter this room, each on the 40th survey station. Don Coons, Dave Jones and Bob Reinstatler |
| Triple Crisp Passage | 11/27/1999 | Discovered by the survey party on 11/27/1999. It is a beautiful gypsum passage named after they found three silver dollar sized loose gypsum snowflakes in the middle of the passage. Rod Horrocks, Brad Oen, & Marc Ohms |
| Triple Digit Room | 04/29/1986 | The spot where the WQ survey went into triple digits. Greg and Jim Nepstad and Jim Pisarowicz |
| Tubular Passage | 11/10/1990 | Garry Petrie, Pat Seiser and Norm Thompson |
| Turtle Pass | A passage between the Model Room and the Assembly Room with a 5 x 3 foot rock that resembles a turtle. | |
| Turtle Room | 02/18/1891 | Alvin McDonald and J.M. Moore |
| TV Set | 07/01/1964 | A hole in the wall in this area below the Boxwork Chimney resembles the screen of a TV set. Herb and Jan Conn and Dave Schnute |
| Twelve Feet Short | 08/09/1987 | It was in this passage that the total length of Wind Cave came up 12 feet short of 50 miles. This set the stage for the Fifty Mile Celebration 15-16 August 1987. Mary Laycock, Jim Nepstad, Jim Pisarowicz and Darren Ressler |
| Two-Cent Stope | 03/14/2001 | The team surveyed up into a 60-foot high spiraling dome that appears to have been completely excavated. They found a 1935 check for two cents tacked to the top of the dome, and thus the name the Two-Cent Stope. Rod Horrocks, Dave Shurtz, Ryan Shurtz, and Jordan Shurtz |
| Twisted Tape Pass | 05/01/1988 | A 90-foot long walking passage where the survey tape got so twisted up, Darren and Bob had to perform surgery on it. Darren Ressler, Jim Pisarowicz, Bob Kobza, & Shaun Larson |
| Two Pit Room | 11/25/1988 | A 30-foof diameter room with two pits in it. David Gerboth, Matt Kramar, & Mark Wickham |
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