MONTGOMERY                       142 Graham Cave Glades

Graham Cave Glades Natural Area

An 82-acre portion of Graham Cave State Park about two miles west of Danville in Section 27, T48N, R6W, Montgomery City 7.5 min. topographic map. Access is by trail from Graham Cave parking area. Designated March 22, 1989.

Natural Features--Sandstone and limestone glades, dry sandstone forest and dry sandstone cliffs situated in the Missouri River Section of the Ozark Border Natural Division. Also included in the area is a small headwaters valley surrounded by cliffs and rocky hills formed in St. Peters sandstone. The proximity of some of the sandstone and limestone glades allows some dolomite glade species to occur alongside sandstone glade species. Graham Cave Glades is owned and managed by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. For further information contact the Park Superintendent, Graham Cave State Park, HCR Box 138, Montgomery City, MO 63361, phone 573/564-3476.

Dolomite glade and flowers