Meramec Caverns
Sullivan, MO · Missouri Ozarks$$
Cut into the Ozark hills outside Sullivan, Meramec Caverns runs more than four and a half miles through seven levels of limestone, and the formations earn the billboards: the…
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Lakes & rivers
Gateway Arch National Park
About
Eero Saarinen's 630-foot stainless-steel arch stands on about 91 acres of St. Louis riverfront, the smallest national park in the system. A tram climbs up inside one leg to a deck at the top, with the Mississippi on one side and the city on the other. The museum on westward expansion sits underneath.
Highlights
Eero Saarinen's 630-foot stainless-steel arch, the tallest U.S. monumentTram ride to the top observation deck overlooking the Mississippi RiverMuseum at the Gateway Arch on Westward Expansion beneath the monumentSmallest national park in the system, set on the St. Louis riverfrontRiverside grounds and views toward the Old Courthouse
Getting there
Gateway Arch National Park, 11 North 4th Street, St. Louis, MO 63102
