This list of caves in Missouri includes the location and date they were opened to the public (or discovered). Missouri karst feature distribution v1

The Ozarks region has a well-developed

karst Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant ro ...

topography with numerous areas of sinkholes,

stream capture Stream capture, river capture, river piracy or stream piracy is a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river drainage system or watershed is diverted from its own bed, and flows instead down the bed of a neighbouring stream. ...

, and cavern development.

Caves

* Bluff Dweller's Cave (1927) - McDonald County *

Bridal Cave Bridal Cave is a cave located near Camdenton, Missouri, in the Lake of the Ozarks region. The cave is a mile long, but only a quarter of it is accessible to the public due to underground lakes.Missouri Life. (2020, February 26)ideo">Bridal Cave ...

(1948) - Camden County *

Crevice Cave Crevice Cave is a cave located in Perry County in the state of Missouri. It is the longest cave in Missouri and one of the longest caves in the United States. Geology Speleothems in the cave have been used to determine climate changes in the pe ...

Perry County Perry County may refer to: United States *Perry County, Alabama *Perry County, Arkansas *Perry County, Illinois *Perry County, Indiana *Perry County, Kentucky *Perry County, Mississippi *Perry County, Missouri *Perry County, Ohio *Perry Coun ...

* Crystal Cave (1893) *

Current River Cavern Current River Cavern is a show cave located in one mile west of Van Buren, MO on U.S. Route 60 in Missouri, U.S. Route 60. The cave is located inside Cave Spring Park. The cave was first opened as a show cave in 1940 under the name "Cave Spring On ...

(1940) - Carter County * Devils Well (1954) - Shannon County * Devil’s Icebox Cave - Boone County * Fantastic Caverns (1862) - Greene County * Friede's Cave (AKA Saltpeter Cave) (before 1865) - Phelps County *

Graham Cave Graham Cave is a Native American archeological site near Mineola, Missouri in Montgomery County in the hills above the Loutre River. It is located in the 356 acre Graham Cave State Park. The entrance of the sandstone cave forms a broad arch wi ...

(1847) –

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Jacobs Cavern Jacobs Cavern is a cave or rock shelter east of Pineville, Missouri, Pineville in McDonald County, Missouri, McDonald County, Missouri. History Jacobs Cavern is named after its discoverer, E. H. Jacobs of Bentonville, Arkansas. It was scientif ...

(1903) - McDonald County * Mark Twain Cave (1886) - Marion County * Marvel Cave (1894) - Stone County * Meramec Caverns (1935) - Franklin County * Onondaga Cave (1897) - Crawford County *

Onyx Cave Onyx Cave may refer to several things in the United States: *Onyx Cave (Arizona), a National Natural Landmark *Onyx Cave (Arkansas), a small show cave *Great Onyx Cave, Kentucky **Great Onyx Cave Entrance, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, National Register ...

(1892) - Pulaski County * Ozark Caverns (1930s) - Camden County * Picture Cave - Warren County * Research Cave (1950) - Callaway County * Round Spring Cave (1932) - Shannon County *

Riverbluff Cave The Riverbluff Cave is a paleontological site discovered in the United States, near Springfield, Missouri. The entrance is filled with stalactites, stalagmites and columns. The cave is about 830,000 years old (making it the oldest known fossil cave ...

(2001) - Greene County * Talking Rocks Cavern (1969) - Stone County

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