• View towards the visitor center

    Russell Cave

    National Monument Alabama

Operating Hours & Seasons

 
Gilbert H. Grosvenor Visitor Center

Gilbert H. Grosvenor Visitor Center

Antoine Fletcher

Russell Cave National Monument is open year round, seven days a week, with the exception of New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.Hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Central Standard Time.

Did You Know?

Russell Cave

Russell Cave National Monument is the oldest rock shelter used regularly for a home in the Eastern United States. It was inhabited during all Prehistoric time periods: Paleo, Archaic, Woodland and Mississippian.  Virtually every culture for over 10,000 years is represented by artifacts found here.