3pm Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.5371°N, 90.6814°W
INTO THE DARK · CAVES DIRECTORY
Caves in Missouri
115 Caves Found
Missouri is arguably the cave capital of the eastern United States, with over 6,000 documented caves in the Ozark Plateau karst. Meramec Caverns is the most famous, with the Jesse James legend attached. Fantastic Caverns is the only ride-through cave in North America. Marvel Cave inside Silver Dollar City has a room 200 feet tall. Round Spring Cave in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways sits above one of the largest springs in the state. Missouri caves are dense, accessible, and largely underappreciated outside the Midwest.
Every cave listed here is on public or accessible land. Always bring three light sources, water, and let someone know your plans before entering any undeveloped cave. Temperature inside: typically 50–62°F year-round. Explore all caves on the Trek4Free map →
Type
Access
Bat Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0219°N, 91.2038°W
Bat Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.3226°N, 91.4463°W
Bat Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 36.7850°N, 92.1441°W
Bear Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0205°N, 91.2014°W
Big Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.0995°N, 91.5808°W
Blankenship Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.3628°N, 91.9841°W
Blue Pearl Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.3130°N, 91.4279°W
Bone Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0616°N, 92.5347°W
Branson Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.1604°N, 91.4658°W
Bridal Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0243°N, 92.7917°W
Brother Huberts' Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.5376°N, 90.6705°W
Bunker Hill Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.0612°N, 91.5693°W
Bushwacker Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.9157°N, 92.0448°W
Calvary Hill;Đồi Canvê
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.1525°N, 94.3064°W
Cathedral Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0564°N, 91.2410°W
Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0253°N, 91.1958°W
Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 36.7658°N, 91.2732°W
Cave Hollow Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.2165°N, 91.3376°W
Cave Spring
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.9931°N, 94.4840°W
Cave Spring Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.3634°N, 91.4958°W
Courthouse Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.2732°N, 91.3973°W
Cox Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.2615°N, 91.4531°W
Devil's Icebox
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.8700°N, 92.3267°W
Devils Well
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.3759°N, 91.4913°W
Dry Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.1004°N, 91.1450°W
Easter Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0248°N, 91.8736°W
Fantastic Caverns
Limestone Show Cave Private $28
The only cave in North America where the entire tour is conducted by ride-through — a jeep-drawn tram carries visitors through passages that the cave management has chosen not to add foot-traffic infr…
Fault Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0209°N, 91.1938°W
Fischer Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.2273°N, 91.0845°W
Fisher Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.4684°N, 91.9048°W
Gambler's Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0966°N, 93.5619°W
Giboney Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.2466°N, 93.2911°W
Gourd Creek Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.8280°N, 91.8540°W
Graham Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.9056°N, 91.5756°W
Green's Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.1845°N, 91.0931°W
Greer Spring
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 36.7866°N, 91.3488°W
Grocer Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0620°N, 91.1947°W
Guthoerl Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.6662°N, 91.4366°W
Hamilton Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.1690°N, 91.0781°W
Ice Water Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.1007°N, 93.5935°W
Inca Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.7567°N, 92.2476°W
Indian Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.2293°N, 91.0837°W
Island Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.9750°N, 92.7697°W
Jam Up
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.0364°N, 91.6057°W
Kirby Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.9898°N, 92.4349°W
Laxton Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.3092°N, 91.2232°W
Little Beaver Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.9205°N, 91.8434°W
Little Cave Hollow Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.2156°N, 91.3361°W
Little Onyx Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.1009°N, 91.1428°W
Little Smittle Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.4573°N, 92.6269°W
Lowell Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.4506°N, 92.6201°W
Manchester Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.5920°N, 90.5188°W
Mark Twain Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 39.6887°N, 91.3317°W
Marvel Cave - Silver Dollar City
Limestone Show Cave Private $75
A vertical cave descending 505 feet through a series of increasingly large chambers, the deepest being the Cathedral Room — 200 feet wide and 200 feet tall, one of the largest cave rooms in the Midwes…
Mccormick Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.9178°N, 91.8726°W
Medlock Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.3959°N, 91.5900°W
Meeting House Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.0523°N, 91.5750°W
Meramec Caverns
Limestone Show Cave Private $24
Five levels of limestone cavern in the Missouri Ozarks, made famous by two things: the claim that Jesse James used them as a hideout after the 1876 Northfield bank robbery, and the barn-rooftop sign c…
Meramec Caverns
Limestone Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.2411°N, 91.0922°W
Merrit Rock Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.3188°N, 91.4721°W
Miller Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.7095°N, 92.0659°W
Millers Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.5436°N, 90.6767°W
Mincke Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.5290°N, 90.5679°W
Money Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.7512°N, 91.4241°W
Mud Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.5360°N, 90.6807°W
Mud Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.5066°N, 90.5582°W
Mud Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.9163°N, 92.0557°W
Natural Bridge Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.2602°N, 91.4274°W
Nature Trail Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 36.7516°N, 92.1484°W
Onondaga Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0600°N, 91.2292°W
Ozark National Scenic Riverways - Round Spring Cave
Limestone Guided Nat'l Park $10
A limestone cave in Missouri Ozark karst country, guided by NPS rangers through passages formed by the same underground water system that feeds the Current and Jacks Fork rivers flowing through one of…
Panther Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.2180°N, 91.0772°W
Panther Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 36.6132°N, 93.7872°W
Pillman Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.7691°N, 92.0142°W
Pleasant Valley Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.4640°N, 90.5703°W
Point Bluff Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.8958°N, 91.8336°W
Rattlesnack Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.1006°N, 93.5896°W
Record Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0910°N, 91.1073°W
Richbark Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.0080°N, 91.0226°W
River Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.3276°N, 91.8470°W
Rocheport Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.9459°N, 92.5174°W
Rock House Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.3418°N, 91.4746°W
Round House Pit Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.5225°N, 90.6865°W
Round Spring Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.2805°N, 91.4152°W
Sadies Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.7092°N, 92.0664°W
Salamander Cave-in
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.9479°N, 90.9348°W
Saltpeter Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.7562°N, 91.4468°W
Sheep's Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.2126°N, 91.0948°W
Shelving Rock
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 39.1326°N, 92.3260°W
Short Bend Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.7469°N, 91.4298°W
Slabtown Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.5680°N, 92.0311°W
Small cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0240°N, 91.1985°W
Smallin Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.0508°N, 93.1873°W
Smittle Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.4533°N, 92.6276°W
Space Center Kansas City South Entrance
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 39.1009°N, 94.3715°W
Space Center Kansas City West and East Entrance
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 39.1017°N, 94.3729°W
Spencer Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0390°N, 91.8684°W
St. Peter Sandstone Mines
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.4844°N, 90.7298°W
Sycamore Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.0677°N, 91.5277°W
Tater Hollow Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.8901°N, 91.9975°W
Tavern Rock Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.6042°N, 90.7578°W
Terror Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.6620°N, 90.4722°W
The bat cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.3550°N, 90.8746°W
Tower Pit Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.5274°N, 90.6785°W
Turnball Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 36.8642°N, 92.1933°W
Uncle Wiggly's Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0924°N, 93.5634°W
Up and Down Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0943°N, 93.5619°W
Venable Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.4388°N, 91.9933°W
Wallace Well Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.3634°N, 91.4945°W
Whites Creek Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 36.7273°N, 91.2041°W
Wildcat Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0822°N, 92.6872°W
Windermere Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0313°N, 92.8382°W
Wright Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 38.0828°N, 92.5178°W
York Cave
Cave Public Land
OSM-mapped cave entrance · 37.7550°N, 92.2416°W