MERAMEC CAVERNS Stanton, Franklin County, Missouri
Along Historic Rt. 66
Bat Cave near Meramec Caverns provides a home
for gray bats. Photographed: June, 2006
Picture of Bat Cave taken through entrance bars.
Photographed: June, 2006
Man in lower left corner
is Gene walking toward the restaurant &
gift shop at entrance to the caverns. Photographed: June, 2006
Another angle of the entrance. Notice the rock
bluff in the background. Under this bluff is the
actual cave entrance. Photographed: June, 2006
This is in the gift shop looking toward the actual
entrance to the cave. Photographed: June, 2006
This is just inside the entrance. The cavern
is reputed to have been the hide-out of the
notorious outlaw Jesse James.
Photographed: June, 2006
Meramec Caverns is 70,000,000 years old & is the worlds largest cave
formation. It contains many beautiful stalactite/stalagmite formations.
Picture is from a postcard.
View of Meramec River taken from the entrance
of the gift shop. You can see the river peeking
through the trees just to the left & up slightly from
the flower box. Photographed: June, 2006
Better view of the Meramec River taken from the
parking lot. Photographed: June, 2006
Man in lower left corner
is Gene walking toward the restaurant & 
