Indian Cave State Park

Nebraska State Park (Nebraska Game And Parks Commission) · Shubert, Nebraska

Indian Cave State Park covers roughly 3,000 acres of steep, wooded bluffs along the Missouri River in the far south-east corner of Nebraska, between the small towns of Shubert and Rulo and close to the Kansas and Missouri lines. It surprises people who think of Nebraska as flat: oak and hickory forest, deep ravines and ridge-top views over the river bottoms make it one of the state's most wooded parks. The park is named for a shallow sandstone overhang near the river whose walls carry carvings of animals and figures; their age and makers are not certain, and vandalism has left many damaged, so today they are seen from a boardwalk. The cave is a short stop. The real reasons to come are the trail network of roughly 20 miles or more for hiking and horses, with trail shelters, the campgrounds, the site of the vanished river town of St. Deroin with its living history weekends, and the autumn colour in October, the park's busiest season. It is a quiet, rural park a long way from the interstate.

65296 720 Road, Shubert, Nebraska, 68437, United States

NO OPENING TIME HERE WAS CHECKED. The typical pattern: the park grounds are open daily year-round, with day use roughly from early morning to around 10 pm and camping overnight; the park office keeps daytime hours, shorter or irregular outside the main season. Modern campground toilets, showers and water are usually on from spring to autumn and shut off in winter. St. Deroin buildings open only on set living history weekends. The traps that ruin a day are driving 2 hours for the cave alone, arriving without a vehicle permit, finding October campsites booked out, and expecting living history on an ordinary day. Confirm current times before relying on them.

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