Cave Spring Park & Trail
Hiking a Trail and exploring a Cave with some nature sketching.
Cave Springs E-Hwy Hunter MO 051216
Cave Springs after a heavy rain, overflowing the dam. Birds after a meal.... Some high water over some roads and flooding..
Big Spring, Van Buren, Missouri
I shot this video of Big Spring, Missouri in the fall of 2012.
Big Spring is the largest spring in the world, with an average of 280 million gallons/day output.
Big Spring is located about 4 miles south of Van Buren, MO on highway 103.
Big Spring, Van Buren Missouri
Weekend trim to visit my aunt in Missouri. This A short video from big springs and clubs house.
Cave Spring on the Current River
Interesting Information:
The spring rises a short canoe paddle into a large cave opening on the Current River, from a vertical shaft 140 feet deep. The spring itself is a favorite fishing spot. During underwater survey, a Native American dugout canoe was discovered on the bottom of the spring. Both Devil's Well and Wallace Well are karst windows, the first a sinkhole opening onto an underground lake larger than a football field, and the second, a cave containing access to another conduit which flows to the spring.
Brief History:
Cave Spring has a long history of usage as a fishing, picnicking and canoe rest spot, but has never been commercially developed. Devil's Well was first explored in 1952. It was primitively developed and shown by the Wallace family as a tourist attraction in the 1960's and early 1970's, with a picnic area and gift shop. It was during Wallace's ownership that Vineyard's extensive study occurred. In the late 1960's, Devils Well was mapped by Ozark Spring Studies, an effort which required 62 weekends of trips by divers, cavers and mappers. During this era, Cave Spring was owned by the L-A-D Foundation, a private conservation group. Devils Well was sold to the National Park Service in 1974.
Ownership and Access:
Cave Spring is privately held by the L-A-D Foundation, but public access from the river is allowed for viewing only. Canoeists should be aware of the extremely cold and deep water if taking a look at the spring, which is in semi-darkness at the rear of the cave. There are no developed roads to the spring. Both Devil's and Wallace Well are extremely hazardous, and gated, with no access allowed to the caves themselves. A steep, gravel road leads to Devil's Well, where visitors may look through the karst window to the water from a viewing platform. Wallace Well Cave is obscure. The gated entrance is visible only by river.
Recharge Area:
Dye traced from Devil's Well to the northeast, and nearby Wallace Well, a cave slightly to the southeast. Recharge area lies primarily in a 10 mile area to the northeast. Extensively studied by Jerry Vineyard, and much information can be found in the book, Springs of Missouri.
Name: Cave Spring
Location: Shannon County, Mo.
Rank: 20
Average Flow:
Million gallons per day: 21*
Cubic feet per second: 32*
Missouri's little Grand Canyon otherwise, known as Grand Gulf State Park
The Spring of 2018 we never seemed to have here in this area of the Ozarks. We did not have the normal rain fall with cooler temps that we are use to having. We seemed to go from Winter; bypass Spring and take a triple-digit Hot landing straight into summer. Most of our Summer consisted of triple digit temps with little rain. The warm fork is pretty well dried up with trees growing where water use to rush. The Grand Gulf State Park which is a series of caves that fill with water from waterfalls that meet underground Springs that merge to the service are now thick with moss, bushes and trees. I have seen This little Grand Canyon when it was completely filled with water and cave systems were open and visible. Now, they are covered with foliage. One can see the caves as they appear as black areas behind the foliage. The drought that has been out West is spreading East as our riverways and cave systems and springs show us by drying up before us. This area is a place where bear, mountain lion, bob cat, coyote, wolves and all sorts of creatures call home as they find shelter within the caves. There are walking trails for those who want to hike. I personally have been to the top of one mountain down to the bottom of another and from one cave to another. I have been to the waterfalls and springs when the area was full of water from fresh Ozark rains. Now, I look out and hope that rain will come.
Cave Springs park in danger of closing
A historic park in Kansas City is in danger of closing.
The Cave Spring Cave
The Cave at Cave Spring in Raytown, Missouri
Ep. 201- Big Spring Missouri (Largest Spring in the Ozarks)
Located in the Mark Twain National Forest, in Van Buren, Missouri, lies one of the the largest springs in the world, called Big Spring. Due to heavy rains every week in my area i have nowhere to fish, so we decided to make a video of this place instead. I am now aware that this spring is not the largest in the world, but one of the biggest. It is however, the largest spring in the Ozarks.
Big springs Ozarks largest spring.
Big Spring is one of the largest springs in the United States and the world. An enormous first magnitude spring, it rises at the base of a bluff on the west side of the Current River valley in the Missouri Ozarks. Located about four miles downstream from Van Buren, it is within the boundaries of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, and its visitor facilities are managed by the National Park Service
Big Spring Van Buren Missouri
Big natural Spring
Cave Spring
Cave Spring on the Current River in Missouri!
Round Spring - National Park Service - Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Join me as I take you around Round Spring, a National Park Service area of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. This is the Jacks Fork/Current River area in Missouri. Missouri was awesome! Please share this to help support my video efforts!
Directions to Round Spring near Eminence, Missouri:
Rocky Falls Q & A:
1. How rugged in this trail? This area consists of campground sites, easy hiking/walking paths to spring sites and picnic-type sites. There are no rugged areas from what I can tell.
2. How long is this trail and is it a loop? Learn more about the trails on the National Park Service website for Round Spring at:
3. Are there signs or blazes along this trail? No.
4. Any suggestions? Be careful as dangerous conditions exist within this environment. Venomous snakes are present including cottonmouths, copperheads and timber rattlesnakes. Bring bug spray, snacks and plenty of water.
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Cave Spring on the Current River
July 2008 Video from inside Cave Spring on the Current River in Missouri.
Big Springs, & Van Buren Missouri
July 25th 2016 Father and son adventures
Round Spring Eminence, Mo
Round Spring
Big Spring Park Neosho Missouri
Tranquil place to sit and feed the ducks and the fishes!
Cave Springs in Carter County Mo, 12-12-2016
Big Springs - The largest spring in Missouri
Father & Son Adventure To Big Springs
The largest spring in Missouri and one of the largest in the world with a daily discharge of 276 million gallons on average.
Follow the spring run to the Current River, a nationally biologically important river.
Enjoy birding along the Current River in spring and summer for a diversity of songbirds.
NATURAL HISTORY:
The name says it all. Big Spring is indeed a big spring and the biggest in Missouri in terms of average daily discharge with some 276 million gallons of cool spring water (58 degrees Fahrenheit) flowing from it each day. This is one of the largest springs in the world. A dye-trace study has showed that dye introduced into a losing stream 39.5 miles away (near Mountain View) was detected at Big Spring 16 days later. This is the longest distance groundwater trace in the U.S. Large springs such as this depend on large areas of karst landscape to recharge them. The spring is at least 80 feet deep based on research dives.
The spring run of Big Spring provides cool water that feeds the Current River. Within the spring run, characteristic Ozark fishes include the Ozark sculpin and the bleeding shiner. Star duckweed, a plant species restricted to springs, occurs in the spring branch along with a variety of other plant species characteristic of springs including water starwort.
Downstream of Big Spring the Current River boasts a fish fauna rich in diversity including colorful darters and shiners (e.g., rainbow darter, bleeding shiner, and rosyface shiner,) and game fishes (e.g., shadow bass or goggle-eye, longear sunfish, walleye, and smallmouth bass). The Current River saddled darter has been located downstream of Big Spring. This fish species occurs only in the Current River watershed and nowhere else in the world. The Current River is of global conservation significance according to The Nature Conservancy and provides habitat for 35 global priority aquatic species of which 25 have their best or only populations on Earth in the river. The Nature Conservancy considers the Current River and its watershed to be the crown jewel of Missouri’s native landscapes. Birding along the Big Spring branch and along the nearby Current River you may spot the rare cerulean warbler. Other birds to look for include the kingfisher, the American redstart, the wood thrush, the red-shouldered hawk, and the northern parula.
The Big Spring area became a state park in 1925 and was developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression era of the 1930s. In 1972 the area was transferred to the newly created Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
Feeding the Big Rainbows at Roaring River Spring 5/1/16
Tucked in a deep valley, in the southwest Missouri Ozarks, where Folsom man is known to have once walked, is beautiful Roaring River Spring. Emerging from the base of a canyon notch bluff, the spring flows over 20 million gallons of cold, clear water every day. Divers have been to a depth of 224 feet, where the strong water current prevents further exploration. Today, it is part of Roaring River State Park, established in 1928, and a paradise for all types of outdoor activities.