Reviews

Darren Adams

Clean facilities, excellent guide, big pool, decent hiking trails. We stayed in our camper for the weekend. Showers are individual rooms, clean and large. Great inexpensive place to get away for the weekend or stop by for a night on a larger trip.

Janie Miller

Haven't been in many years. Things have changed but we had an amazing time with the kids. Pool water was clean and clear, but the sides of the pool at the water level was really dirty on some parts in the pool. Didn't get to do any trail walking or go through the cave. Next time! Kids played on the playground, scoured through the gift shop, and ate lunch while the thunder kept anyone from getting in the pool. We will go back. Close and convenient!

Matthew Barbee

Very nice park friendly staff and we'll kept.I enjoy my hike some spring flowers were out. Cave was nice as well. GPS was a little off getting to park. Short drive from highway.

Jerry Johnson

Went here for valentimes day with wife very fun and educational good for kids really easy to navigate. Tour guid kinda went to fast for my liking but was on a time schedule . Full tour about 1hr 30 mins to see the full cave . Overall very fun and educational for a family outing

Sweet Sinay's Reviews

I am generally not the caving type. Leave the spelunking to the experts, I say. But I happily make a distinction for Rockwood Caverns. First of all, it is not the most challenging of cave trails, although the final staircase back to the surface is fairly legitimate. Secondly, the underground vistas are spectacular and easily photographed. Thirdly, the tour guide was friendly and knowledgeable and the right blend of cavern expertise without overdosing the information. The price was right too. Spelunker Sinay says: Be sure to walk around the park above ground as well. There are a number of cavern outcroppings that pop up to the surface here and there. It gives an interesting surface perspective on the caverns to go with the underground views.

Liddy J

We did the holiday cave tour. It was so much fun. I can't imagine the time that goes into setting this all up. The gentleman at the entrance took time to give us a little history on the cave and it's founder. A word of caution, there are some strobe effect lights that may not be favorable for some and footing may also be a concern. Those two aside, I would recommend a visit to this event.

Jessica Jennings

My family and I just came to the caverns for “Wonderland under Warrior” and the lights/decorations are phenomenal! Very worth the entry price. Our boys got to see Santa, who gave them a little velvet bag with fools gold in it, and then the Grinch is inside the cave! The cave is beautiful and fairly easy to navigate with only a few steps. Highly recommend this!

Britanie Breland

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Five-Star Experience! We had a fantastic visit to the caverns! The customer service was wonderful from the very start. I called ahead with a few questions, and the staff was friendly, knowledgeable, and gave me accurate information. Their website was also fully up to date and matched everything we were told once we arrived, which I really appreciated. Our tour was scheduled for 12:00, and it started right on time. Our tour guide was amazing—full of energy, super informative, and kept everyone laughing with great jokes throughout the entire hour-long tour. You could tell she truly enjoyed what she does. The caverns themselves were beautiful and absolutely worth the visit. That said, I do want to offer a couple of helpful notes for future visitors that I didn’t see clearly emphasized online. There are a lot of steps—over 360—and some of them are surprisingly steep. The final climb (about 100 steps straight up) definitely had people catching their breath at the end. Also, there are several very tight spaces. I’m on the smaller side and even I felt a bit squeezed at times. If you’re claustrophobic or on the larger side, just be aware that some sections are narrow. Overall, though, the experience was wonderful. The tour was well-run, the caverns were stunning, and the staff was top-notch. Highly recommend this adventure—just be prepared for the stairs and tight spots!

Bambi Tanner Helmke

Thank you Hannah for the Befriending Bats cave tour experience! I learned some interesting facts about bats, saw a couple bats, heard some cave history highlights and got my steps in throughout the cave journey. Loads of fun! I highly recommend you check out Hannah’s upcoming activities!

01kk WAF00

SAT 2025.10.18 ~06:30, the Entrance Gate of Rickwood Caverns S.P. wasn't open yet. A few minutes later, the Gate opened for a vehicle that was exiting, and i got in for my early morning walk of the Park trails (before going on to the reserved 10:00 Cave Tour). It was relatively quiet in the Park; a few Campers were out and about, and a Ranger too. ~07:15, i went for my ~3+ miles CW-Loop walk of the Trails. Please note the Closure of Moss Rock Connector Trail. The Trails were in good condition and well maintained; relatively peaceful and quiet, some bird singings .. No other person during the first ~1.5 miles, then a 4-person Jogging Team who i encountered 3 times; they were Loop-Jogging the Picnic Trail 👍🙃

Chanse LaShai

July 26, 2023: Went by chance on our way back from an anniversary trip back in July. Fantastic staff, they were very accommodating & sweet. The place was beautiful & full of things to do. Enjoyed the cave tour & panhandling. Definitely recommend the big bucket if you love rocks & gems.

tsue

Love this place our 1st time camping 🏕 outside of the Carolinas this was our 1st stop of our trip to Diamond Crater Campground in Arkansas. Meeting my very close ❤️family coming from Pennsylvania 💞. Will def be returning to Rickwood, we toured the Cave and we had the sweetest nicest guides thankful for her!!!!

Sam Carambat

Outstanding camping experience! Went on a big group trip here back in the Winter season and everything was perfect - great weather, beautiful nature, awesome caverns and exceptionally friendly & helpful staff. Had a minor issue with one of our reservations and they immediately issued a refund the next day. Our group also had a blast cooking out, telling stories and going on the cavern tour. Would definitely recommend and will certainly be returning!

Alyse Busby

This was one of the neatest places we’ve been to in Alabama yet. You go over 174 feet drown into this cavern and the guide is so informative. We learned so much on this mile hike under ground it was by far the nearest hike yet I would love to do It again. There are some low spots and some tight fits where you have to turn sideways to get threw I had a small backpack and had to take it off a couple times to fit there is a pretty steep stairs doing down and back up is 110 steps straight up but over all amazing trail for family’s the kids had a blast.

Corrie Simpler

We just happened to see the sign on our way to Nashville and stopped in. We were an hour before the tour and wouldn’t be able to wait that long plus the tour time. Kat took us on a private guided tour and was amazing! She answered every question we had and showed us fossils in the caves as well as allowed our kids to explore different areas. I highly recommend the detour! Thank you Kat for the amazing experience.