Cosmic Cavern Photo Tour

Join us for a special photographers tour of Cosmic Cavern, near Berryville, AR!

Normal cave tours move too quickly and don’t allow tripods to take the long exposures necessary for the low light environment, but this is a special photographers tour arranged by PSNWA. During this extended tour photographers will be allowed to use tri-pods and given the space necessary to capture the magic of the cave and it’s formations. The cavern has a flat walking trail and will not require any crawling or climbing.

For those wishing to car pool we will leave at 8:30am from the NE corner of the Sams Club at 1517 Gene George Blvd; Springdale, AR 72762.  It is approximately an hour and 20 minutes to Cosmic Caverns.  We will plan the cave tour for 10am.

Note: Children are discouraged as they often become impatient with the frequent stops and slow pace of the extended length tour meant to increase your photographic opportunities.

History of  Cosmic Cavern

Cosmic Cavern was discovered in 1845, but wasn’t developed until 1927. Cosmic Cavern is the warmest cave in the Ozarks, at a steady 64 degrees and 96% humidity.  The cave features a 9 foot soda straw, the longest known in the Ozarks, and 2 bottomless cave lakes. The first lake, South Lake, has had trout in it for nearly 50 years.   One of the lakes was discovered in 1993 in the “Silent Splendor” section.  The bottom or end of these lakes has yet to be found.