Contact info: (715) 778-4414, Įagle Cave bills itself as Wisconsin’s largest onyx cave, and it also was the first on this list to be discovered and open to the public.Ī man hunting a bear along the Wisconsin River a few miles away tracked it to and discovered the cave in 1849.Address: W965 State Road 29, Spring Valley.Cost: $21.98 for adults (ages 13 and up), $14.98 for youth (ages 3-12), free for children age 2 and under advanced ticket purchase is recommended.(last tour at 5 p.m.) Saturday and Sunday, Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day more limited hours in spring and fall, when reservations are recommended Guided tours are about an hour long and are moderately strenuous, with seven stories’ worth of stairs and ramps, and some areas with low ceilings.Īctivities above ground include gem panning, mini golf, nature trails, a gift shop, picnic areas and a bar with a patio. To help protect the bats, the cave is only open to the public from April through October. The cave is home to four species of bats in the winter and has been the subject of studies by the Wisconsin DNR and others as part of an effort to combat white nose syndrome, a deadly disease that has wiped out bats across the country. The limestone/dolomite cave shares much in common with Cave of the Mounds, including similar formations (stalactites, stalagmites, columns and flowstones) and development inside (stairs, railings and lighting), but there is one major difference: bats. Two farm boys chasing a woodchuck discovered the cave in 1881, but it didn’t open to the public until 1941.
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