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The Ozark Caverns are located in Linn Creek, Missouri.

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Jacobs cavern was first discovered in 1875 by a miner named Jacob Craycraft. Promptly being named after him.

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The cost of entering the Ozarks for adults is $26 for children 5-12 costs $13, and for children 4 and under admissions are free.

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The cave is not open to spelunkers. For safety reasons you are required to have a guide with you.

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The largest cave of the 300 caves that are part of the Ozark Caverns is Jacob's Cave. Jacob's Cave is over a mile long and the deepest it goes is 55 feet.

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The animals that live in the cave are bats, salamanders, and insects.

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Jacob's Cave is extremely popular because of all it's soda straw formations, all different colors and lengths.

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Jacob's Cave has an average temperature of 53°F.

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Jacob's Cave is popular because of it's reflective pools, it's depth illusion, and prehistoric fossils like the mastodon and peccary. It is also the world's largest geode.

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The type of bat is the gray bat(Myotis grisescens), the cave nectar bat (Eonycteris spelaea), and the little brown bat(Myotis lucifugus).

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State of Tennessee, Wildlife Resources Agency Images 

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The type of salamander is the cave salamander (Eurycea lucifuga).

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The type of insects in the cave are camel crickets (Rhaphidophoridae) and cave beetles (Pseudanophthalmus montanus)

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Jacob's cave also has helictites, which are twisting spikes coming out from the ceiling or floor, but they mostly come out of the ceiling.

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"SciNameFinder" SciNameFinder, 10/11/22. https://www.sciname.info/default.asp

"Ozark" National Park Service, 8/19/24. https://www.nps.gov/ozar/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm

"Jacob's cave" Visit Missouri, 4/30/25. https://www.visitmo.com/things-to-do/jacobs-cave

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It was first opened to the public in the 1950's, before being bought in 1979 by the Missouri State Park system.

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The cave is open 9am to 4pm during the fall and winter, and 9am to 5pm during the spring and summer.

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"Cave Exploring",Fun lake, 30 April 2025,

https://funlake.com/cave-exploring

"Overnight In Jacob's Cave",Missouri Life, 15 July, 2022,https://missourilife.com/spending-the-night-in-jacobs-cave/