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Experience a New Adventure in Missouri’s Show Caves
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Apr 24, 2015, 12:15 ET

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Meramec Caverns in Stanton
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Jefferson City, MO (PRWEB) April 24, 2015 -- The Show-Me State is home to more than 6,400 recorded caves. Although most are not open to the general public, the Missouri Division of Tourism highlights several “show caves” to visit in Missouri.

Marvel Cave, a Registered Natural Landmark, is deep beneath the Silver Dollar City theme park in Branson. It is the deepest show cave in Missouri and has the largest tour-cave entrance room – 204 feet high, 225 feet wide and 411 feet long – in the U.S.

The largest commercial show cave in Missouri, Meramec Caverns, is reputed to have been used as a hideout by Jesse James.

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In Ridgedale (just south of Branson) don’t miss Lost Canyon Cave, which is part of the stunning Top of the Rock complex near Big Cedar Lodge. Lost Canyon Cave is a highlight of the Lost Canyon Nature Trail Tour at Top of the Rock, and the four-story cave has waterfalls and natural rock formations.

Fantastic Caverns in Springfield is America’s only ride-thru cave. Visitors take the mile-long, 55-minute tour in a Jeep-drawn tram which follows the path of an ancient underground river.

Several show caves are found within Missouri’s State Park system. Onondaga Cave is a National Natural Landmark located in Onondaga Cave State Park, five miles south of Leasburg. Trained guides lead visitors over electrically lighted, paved walkways and provide information about geologic wonders.

Cathedral Cave, also in Onondaga Cave State Park, offers slightly strenuous, lantern-light tours. After a one-third mile walk to the cave's entrance, the tour inside the cave lasts an hour and a half.

Fisher Cave is one of more than 40 caves found in Meramec State Park, 10 minutes south of Sullivan. On lantern-light tours, well-preserved bear claw marks, cave wildlife and massive columns 30 feet tall are highlights.

Ozark Caverns conducts tours by hand-held lanterns. In addition to the unique and breathtaking “Angel Showers,” bats, salamanders and interesting cave formations are features of this cave in Lake of the Ozarks State Park, nine miles east of Linn Creek.

Adventure awaits in a pair of wild caves in Ha Ha Tonka State Park, 10 minutes west of Camdenton: Island Cave is "entry by permit only"; River Cave is "supervised entry only." A few organized public tours are scheduled during the summer season. Contact the park’s naturalist for details, schedules and reservations.

Operated by the National Park Service, Round Spring Cavern, 16 miles north of Eminence, is a star attraction within the Ozark National Scenic Riverways National Park. Park rangers conduct two-hour tours by lantern-light.

The largest commercial show cave in Missouri, Meramec Caverns, three miles south of Stanton, is reputed to have been used as a hideout by Jesse James and his gang. Regularly scheduled guided tours are conducted along well-lighted walkways – special tours lighted only by hand-held lanterns are offered by reservation.

Scuba enthusiasts have a great opportunity at Roubidoux Spring Cave in Waynesville. The spring’s average daily flow is 37 million gallons, with water temperatures ranging from the upper 40s to the low 60s. Roubidoux Spring is open to certified cave divers.

Smallin Civil War Cave’s regular guided tour lasts one hour, traveling one-half mile on trails that are wheelchair and stroller friendly. Smallin Cave also offers wild cave tours, by reservation. Lit only by the headlamps on the group's helmets, these treks pass through 54-degree water at least two feet deep and traverse rugged terrain.

How about tying the knot inside Bridal Cave? More than 2,200 couples from around the world have exchanged their wedding vows in this stalactite-adorned, natural chapel (advanced planning is required). Regular cave tours are conducted over lighted, concrete pathways. The cave, four miles north of Camdenton, is reachable by road and by water at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Two miles south of Hannibal, the Mark Twain Cave Complex houses the cave author Mark Twain described in five of his books, plus Cameron Cave, which visitors tour by lantern light.

Bluff Dwellers Cavern and Browning Museum, two miles south of Noel, was discovered in 1925, and the cave has been open for tours every day since 1927. Substantial artifacts were discovered, including arrowheads, grinding stones, tools made of bone and skeletal remains of the early inhabitants, including American Indians.

Other underground palaces in Missouri include Current River Cavern at Cave Spring Park, three miles southwest of Van Buren; Fantasy World Caverns, five miles south of Eldon; Jacob's Cave, eight miles south of Versailles; Miller Cave at Fort Leonard Wood; and Talking Rocks Cavern, two miles south of Branson.

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About the Missouri Division of Tourism:

The Missouri Division of Tourism (MDT) is the official tourism office for the state of Missouri dedicated to marketing Missouri as a premier travel destination. Established in 1967, the Missouri Division of Tourism has worked hard to develop the tourism industry in Missouri to what it is today, a $15.3 billion industry supporting more than 290,000 jobs. For more information on Missouri tourism, go to http://www.VisitMO.com.

Kara Gerstenecker, H&L Partners, http://www.VisitMO.com, +1 314-454-3478, [email protected]

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