Things to Do
Stark Caverns
Discover an underground world of colorful formations, fascinating history, family-friendly cave tours, black-light adventures and a one-of-a-kind in-cave escape room.
Explore ancient cave formations, underground history and unforgettable guided adventures beneath the Ozarks.
Eldon
About This Place
ABOUT
Stark Caverns offers a unique underground adventure just outside Eldon near Lake of the Ozarks. Guided tours explore colorful cave formations, geology, Native American history, ancient bear beds and other fascinating features inside the cavern.
Visitors can also book specialty experiences including a black-light tour that reveals fluorescent minerals and an escape room located inside the cave itself. With a gift shop, gemstone and fossil mining, geode cracking, picnic areas and hiking trails, Stark Caverns makes an easy family-friendly stop in almost any weather.
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Know Before You Go
Address
125 Cave Drive, Eldon, MO 65026
Phone
(573) 867-2283
Website
HOURS
Open Daily,
Year Round: Fall Hours 10:00 AM–5:00 PM.
First tour 10:00 AM; last tour 4:00 PM.
Specialty evening tours by advance reservation.
PRICE
Daily tours: $19–$30+
GOOD TO KNOW
👨👩👧 Family Friendly • ♿ Accessible • 📆 Open Year Round
AMENITIES
Guided Cave Tours • Black Light Tours • In-Cave Escape Room • Gemstone Mining • Fossil Mining • Geode Cracking
