Hannibal, Missouri - Mark Twain Cave
- Address:
- 300 Cave Hollow Road, Hannibal, MO
- Directions:
- I-72 exit 157. South on Mark Twain Ave/3rd St./Hwy 79 through town for about one mile, then turn onto Cave Hollow Rd.
- Hours:
- Daily 9-6 (Off-season 9-4). Last tour leaves one hour before closing. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 573-221-1656
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The tour is fairly long at 1:20, and it's very narrow, so it's hard to hear much of what the guide is saying. He has a flashlight to point things out. Your LED Lanterns will light the area well, but we let others carry those and brought good flashlights for deeper peeks. There are any number of actively growing formations -- one of which, unfortunately, is in your path, necessitating the touching of it to make it by. This is one of the few such cave experiences available to the general public. [Doc Adelman, 08/24/2009]
Hannibal, Missouri - Mark Twain Cave This is a great cave. I remember going here as a kid on family vacation. I returned to take my now-fiance there. There's a great story on the tour relating to Huck Finn. It's also cool that there's so many signatures inside from so long ago. We found this one with a cool last name. [Steve Cook, 02/24/2007]
Hannibal, Missouri - Mark Twain Cave I believe the reference in your MO Tips page to a cave in Hannibal that contains Civil Defense supplies may be a reference to Mark Twain Cave. When I visited as a child in the 1960s I remember being shown large metal Civil Defense drums in the cave that we were told were full of drinking water. There was also a fallout shelter sign present. [Steve Phipps, 08/02/1998][RA: Photo added Sept. 2009]
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