The first annual Pumpkins on Parade in 2010 was a huge success. Last year over one thousand children and adults visited Pumpkins on Parade at Cave Spring. This year’s event will be on Saturday, October 22. With your help, we look forward to making the 2011 Pumpkins on Parade bigger and better. ---> 2010 Photo Gallery

Groups/Participants

Your group can participate by carving pumpkins which will be displayed along one of the Cave Spring’s trails. The 2011 Pumpkins on Parade will be Saturday, October 22nd. Here are some things you should know:

Pumpkin pick-up is October 15th at Cave Spring
Non-profit groups will be given free pumpkins
Carved pumpkins must be returned to Cave Spring on
Saturday, October 22nd, from 9:00-11:00
Displays of 10 pumpkins or more will be designated on the trail map
Carve your pumpkins 2-3 days prior to the event. Carved pumpkins decay quickly

Download: Poster & Entry Form

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NEWS FROM THE BOARD OF CAVE SPRING

Your donations keep us open. Cave Spring is a non-profit 501c(3) venture and is a tax deduction on all donations.

Our new Spring hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm and the gate will locked by 5:15pm. Please have your cars removed by this time or they will be locked in the park till morning. Remember this is your park please follow the rules, pick up trash and do not enter the Center with muddy shoes. Eagle Scout projects and overnights are welcome.

Things to do at the Cave – picnic, hike our many trails, visit our water Garden, the water fall area, the 100year old chimney’s, Santa Fe Trail marker, our nature center and camp site.

Remember hiking is more fun when you dress for it with correct shoes. Please come and join us as a member or volunteer. We have several membership packages and benefits.

Call us at (816) 547-9679 or (816) 719-0403

“We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea coast with Its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and decaying trees, the thundercloud and the rain. We need to witness our own limits transgressed and some life pastures freely where we never wander.”

It is gratifying to know that Raytown has a Walden Pond just minutes from our front door. In a few short steps we can have a place to watch God work his miracle on the seasons of the year and allow quiet to surround us. As the rain replenishes streams, Cave Spring can replenish our spirit.

Cave Spring Winter/Spring Programs

Cave Spring presents programs on nature, ecology and early history of our area. Please call and let us talk about programs that we have and those that you would like to have. We are able to get qualified speakers on many subjects.

We can accommodate you and your students at our park and interpretative center on whatever type of program our field tripthat you would be interested in. Most programs are 1 hours to1 ½ hour with our guided tours. We can do our class and tour for up to 60 children and for just our classes we can do up to 35.

Our cost is $3.50 per student for guided tours and classroom and $2.50 per student for classroom programs.All classes will have a minimum cost for 10 people or $25.00 for a classroom program and $35.00 for hike and classroom.

To make arrangements or get more information call (816) 547-9679 or (816) 719-0403.

Thank a Boy Scout, their projects have made Cave Spring a great park.

Please mark your calendars for the Cave Spring Annual Plant Sale. Several area garden clubs will be on hand to sell plants of all sorts. Great variety and great prices are always featured at this event

2011 Pumpkins On Parade

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Groups/Participants

Cave Spring Winter/Spring Programs