4.5Fantastic Caverns(1.952 reviews) - Great experience with a wonderful tour guide Sunday: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Caverns & Caves
Discover the timeless beauty of Fantastic Caverns, one of the earth's rarest treasures. There are only four of its' kind in the entire world, and only one in North America. Here, you'll discover one of the world's most beautiful natural wonders; giant columns stretching from floor to ceiling, delicate soda straws glistening with minerals, tiny cave pearls hidden in crystal-clear water. And best of all, you'll see it close-up from the comfort of a Jeep-drawn tram!See more..
4.0Meramec Caverns(865 reviews) - Great family experience Caverns & Caves
Discovered in 1716 and later used as a hideout for the notorious Jesse James, this large cavern contains five floors of unusual formations.See more..
Mark Twain Cave: Traverse the labyrinth which inspired Mark Twain's famous work, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, on an hour long guided tour of Missouri's oldest show cave. The tour route is lit and walkways are level and smooth, with no stairs. A light jacket is suggested as the cave is a constant 52 degrees year round. Cameron Cave: Open Memorial Day - Labor Day. Experience some of this unique cave's 490 passageways via a flashlight tour. Cameron Cave has been left in it's natural state ever since it's discovery in 1925. The 80-90 minute tour consists of a total of a mile long walk which includes a quarter mile hike up to the entrance of the cave. Sensible walking shoes are recommended.See more..
A highlight of the Silver Dollar City theme park, this constantly evolving wet limestone cave under the Ozark Mountains, dating back to the 1500s, provides a one-hour tour of fascinating rooms and passageways. The cave's entryway is the largest in the U.S.See more..
4.5Talking Rocks Cavern(671 reviews) - A safe taste of the underworld Sunday: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Speciality & Gift Shops • Caverns & Caves
Talking Rocks Cavern is open year round, with hour-long guided, walking tours through a beautiful cavern with a constant temperature of 63 degree. Cave Country Mini-Golf, gemstone panning, and large Rock and Gift Shop. Two SpeleoBox Crawl Mazes, picnic areas, hiking trails, lookout tower, giant checkerboard, kid's play area and Family Games Area are free to our guests! NEW in 2022 Fluorescent Mineral and Blacklight Room free to guests!See more..
4.5Bridal Cave(517 reviews) - Social Distancing NOT Practiced. HIGH RISK ACTIVITY. Sunday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Caverns & Caves
Rated as one of the most scenic caverns in America, Bridal Cave has more formations per square foot than any other known cave or cavern in the United States. Park facilities include visitors center, cave tours, gift shop, rock shop, boat dock(on Lake of the Ozarks), nature trails, gemstone mining and observation tower. Open Year Round.See more..
4.5Smallin Civil War Cave(283 reviews) - Hidden Gem in the Ozarks! Sunday: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Caverns & Caves
Discovered in 1818, Smallin Cave’s breathtaking ten-story arch will lead you into rich human history, unusual geology and rare cave life. One-hour guided tours, Open year-round.See more..
5.0Stark Caverns(166 reviews) - Do both the day and the black light tour Sunday: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Caverns & Caves
Stark Caverns is located near Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Just 6 1/2 miles east of Bagnell Dam off Hwy 54. The cave contains an underground lake, ancient bear beds, Moonshiner's Dam, Native American artifacts, a wishing well and a wide variety of cave formations including Helectites, Helegmites, Stromatolites, Stalactites, Stalagmites, unsurpassed Spongework and Cave Coral. We offer our standard cave tour as well as a black light tour which takes place several days a week at the end of the day. Check the web site for details. We have a great gift shop, education/event space and mining sluice. From May - August, tours are hourly or more frequent. From September - April, tours are at 10, 12, 2 and 4.See more..
Descend into the depths of Onondaga Cave State Park and drop into a world of wonder: towering stalagmites, dripping stalactites, and active flowstones help make the cave a National Natural Landmark and illustrate why Missouri is often called “The Cave State.” Visitors can take guided tours into the underground wonderland. Open for tours seasonally.See more..
Bluff Dwellers Cave is decorated with stalactites, stalagmites, draperies, saw tooth drapes, flowstone, cave popcorn, cave coral, and cave sponge and more. Your tour guide will show you the beautiful calcite formations that were delicately formed over thousands of years, unhampered by the chaotic life of the surface world. Come enjoy the tranquility of cave life, where geology takes time to get everything just right. Guided tour is 1 hour long. Gem panning, museum and gift shop on premises. Last tour departs 1 hour before close.See more..
4.5Sequiota Park(74 reviews) - Beautiful little park Spent < 1 hour Bodies of Water • Nature & Wildlife Areas • Caverns & Caves
This park surrounds a small pond with lots of geese. The trail runs along Lone Pine road and is quite popular for hikers and bikers. A small jungle gym type set-up popular with kids. Rocks to climb on. Just a terrific little park.See more..
4.5Jacob's Cave(56 reviews) - Jacob's Cave is a gateway to the living planet Earth Sunday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Caverns & Caves • Geologic Formations
Jacob's Cave is an amazing place. There is no way to get a sense of what it is like inside a cave like this one from photographs or videos. Time slows to a crawl inside of a cave. An inch of stalagmite might be 100 years in formation. Yet there is life, and there are indications of the presence of other humans, from years or centuries past. Perhaps most amazing of all is the sense of being encompassed within the Earth and feel its organic nature. The Earth is a living thing, it sustains life, and without it the universe is uninhabitable to us. Going inside the Earth is the best way to feel its own organic existence, and so to better understand our relationship with it. And lastly, hands down, Jonna was without question the most impressive tour guide I have experienced, in a lifetime. Her knowledge and passion were most inspiring.See more..
Don is a very knowledgeable guide and we appreciated learning about the cave from him. It was Jan and the cave was pretty cool-felt like 50’s and I could see my breath, water 40’s. Thankful he warned us to wear coats. They provided everything you need from the kayak, paddle, life vest, 2 pair gloves, headlamp. Luckily I took my own seat/back cushion-my friends did not and they weren’t as comfy as me. They also had small lap tarps to keep you dry. Another group joined us and they were late getting there, so we weren’t on the water by noon and therefore it was 3 instead of 2:30 finish- nothing our guide could do about the late arrivals. Drove right to the cave via the directions provided by them. This is a unique experience! The water is calm so the kayak part is easy, the sitting for 3 hrs without much movement may get you if you don’t have a cushion which I used behind my back so I wasn’t leaning back.See more..
4.0Ozark Caverns(16 reviews) - The waterfall in this cave alone is worth the price of admission. Caverns & Caves
We have been to many many caves on our vacations, but we have never seen a formation like the Angel Showers in Ozark Cavern. Water falls from the ceiling in a sort of shower-head way, and it lands on a depression that resembles a bathtub. Words can't describe how cool it was. The cave is in a very natural state, not lit artificially at all. The tour is done using hand held lanterns which gives it a very authentic feel. There is little to no incline, so the walk is effortless. But the highlight of the tour was the Angel Showers. It's a must see if you enjoy natural science!See more..
5.0Fisher Cave(13 reviews) - Spacious caverns with excellent tours. Spent More than 3 hours Caverns & Caves
Compared to most caverns I have visited I would say this one is more spacious than others. There are no real tight areas to have to squeeze through. The path is solid and smooth. Some areas may be wet but I never saw anyone who was slipping on the floor despite unusually wet areas due to recent heavy rainfall that had flooded a portion of the tour. Our tour guid did a great job educating the group and he was also entertaining. Tour ends with a nice movie and light show in a portion of the cave. Very good gift shop and snack foods available.See more..
5.0Crystal Cave(10 reviews) - Crystal Cave Springfield MO - Walking Tour Sunday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Caverns & Caves
A Fantastic Underground Experience for the Whole Family Crystal Cave's guided tours will take you into our naturally preserved historic cave, which first opened to the public as a commercial show cave in 1893. You’ll enter this spectacular cave through the old iron gates from the original Springfield jail and walk into the cool underworld. The temperature inside the cave is a constant 59° fahrenheit. Once in the cave you will see many fantastic geological formations including stalagmites, stalactites, flowstone, and the rare helictites formations. Crystal Cave boasts many one-of-a-kind underground rooms that your tour guide will share with you, including where one of the original owners cultivated their mushroom gardens back in early 1900s.See more..
5.0Devil's Well(6 reviews) - A descent into the earth... Spent < 1 hour Caverns & Caves • Geologic Formations
This attraction is well worth the drive. I'm very surprised that it's so unknown. It's a massive sinkhole that leads down into a 80-100 deep underground lake. When you take the steps down into the hole, a sensor will activate a light so that you can see into the lake, which is far below the viewing platform. It's an incredible experience. The water from the underground lake apparently flows from Cave Spring which is about a mile away (you can easily hike to this cave from Devil's Well.) There is also this gorgeous lookout on the Cave Spring trail. The whole park is beautiful and unique. Cave Spring (if you hike there) was apparently the spot that famous artist Thomas Hart Benton (an Ozarks native) painted his famous work "Cave Spring." One word of advice for getting to the park: do not take the route with Aker's Ferry. The ferry is not in service (even though all the signs claim that it is.) Take 19 up there instead.See more..
4.5Round Spring Cave(4 reviews) - our visit to round spring Spent 2-3 hours Caverns & Caves
All these springs are a must see if your down in those parts of the country. If you see the signs.....PULL IN! it takes very little time to see the most amazing sights! Always worth the time spentSee more..
5.0Round Spring Cave(1 review) - Beautiful Spring and trail along stream spring creates. Spent 1-2 hours Caverns & Caves Spring has an average flow of 20 million gallons of water a day, and creates a large, beautiful blue-green pool and a stream that runs into the Current River. There is an access point in the park for floating and rafting. There is also a cave, but it wasn't open when I visited in December.See more..
