Florida Caverns State Park (Marianna, FL)
Fri, Sep 27
|Marianna
Cool air, the sound of dripping water, a visual array of mystifying stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones and draperies - this is what greets visitors when they explore the otherworldly depths of Florida Caverns.
Time & Location
Sep 27, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Marianna, 3345 Caverns Rd, Marianna, FL 32446, USA
About the event
ADMISSION
$9.50 students
$17.50 adults
$5.00 parking per vehicle (paid upon entry)
Payment in full is required to register for this event and will be fully refunded to you if you cancel on or before September 13, 2024. If you fail to cancel your registration by September 13, 2024 and/or do not show up to the event, you will not be eligible for a refund. NO EXCEPTIONS.
TOUR INFORMATION
Before the tour, visitors learn about safety precautions that are needed to participate. These include stooping many times to pass through areas with a ceiling height of 4.5 feet for distances as far as 15 feet; narrow passages; 50 descending steps (possibly 50 ascending if the tour is modified due to high water conditions); slippery walkways; and the importance of not touching anything inside the fragile cave environment.
Visitors will walk 350 feet to the cave entrance and down 35 steps using a handrail. When entering the caverns, it will take a few moments to become acclimated to the dimly lit environment and year-round 65-degree temperature.
The tour moves at a leisurely pace through a dozen cave rooms where visitors learn about the cave's history, early uses, and interesting geological formations such as stalactites, stalagmites, columns and flowstones.
Visitors may occasionally encounter animals that inhabit the cave such as bats, mice, cave crickets, salamanders, cave spiders and the occasional snake or frog.
As the tour concludes, visitors ascend a 15-degree walkway to emerge into a hardwood forest and enjoy a self-paced walk back to the visitor center.