There are several caves on Fort Leonard Wood, but Miller is the only one open to the public. We drove down several base roads and then up onto a ridge on a dirt track where we found a tiny parking area and a rough trail that led down the hill for maybe 100 yards to the cave entrance.
The part of the cave that we saw consists of two rooms connected by a small opening. Other openings looked out over the Big Piney River and a stretch of farmland in the river valley. It was the most beautiful view from a cave I’ve ever seen.
I took this pan with my cell phone.
And this one was stitched together from four photos taken with my 35mm.
Just above the cave there was a ledge that gave even better views of the river and the valley.
We drove a short way to a picnic area on the base named Happy Hollow.