Caves

NOTE:  ALL CAVES IN THE OZARK NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAYS ARE CLOSED TO ENTERING (Except for Guided Tours of Round Spring Cave [when open] and Cave Spring which you can float into at mile marker 21.9 on the upper Current River). This is due to the discovery of White Nose Syndrome, a disease that kills bats, in Shannon County. Please respect these closed caves for the protection of the bats.  

NOTE:  All of these Jacks Fork caves listed below are located located ABOVE Alley Spring.  

• Chimney Rock Cave (No Link) - *Mile Marker 0.8 on right*

• Bat Cave (No Link) - *~Mile Marker 5.0 on right, about .2 mile up hollow on right*

• Bear Cave (No Link)- *~Mile Marker 5.0 on right, about .2 mile up hollow on left*

• Jam-Up Cave - *Mile Marker 12.6 on right* Pic

• Meeting House Cave - *~Mile Marker 15.5 on left*

• Bunker Hill Cave (No Link)- *~Mile Marker 17.0 on left, about .3 mile up hollow*

• Sycamore Cave (No Link)- *~Mile Marker 20.0 on right, about 1/2 mile up hollow* 

DID YOU KNOW? Shannon County has the 2nd most recorded caves in the state. Over 400!!! Perry County is 1st with over 600. Source: Joel Laws, VP - Missouri Speleological Survey