Haunted Cave

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Location:	4392 Swishers Mill Rd, Lewisburg, OH 45338. Lewisburg, 40 km west of Dayton. I-70 exit #14 State Route 503 / Lewisburg, turn right (north) on State Route 503. At 2nd traffic light turn left onto US Route 40, 1.6 km to Shields Road, after 800 m turn right onto Swishers Mill Road. Entrance after 300 m on the right. (39.861986, -84.558285)
Open:	Mid-SEP to OCT Fri, Sat 19-24. [2025]
Fee:	Haunted Cave: Adults USD 35, Children (0-10) USD 20. Online: Adults USD 30, Children (0-10) USD 15. Mine Wagon Tour: Adults USD 20, Children (0-10) USD 10. Online: Adults USD 15, Children (0-10) USD 5. Trick or Treat Underground: Adults USD 10. [2025]
Classification:	Rock Mine
Light:	Incandescent
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Address:	The Haunted Cave at Lewisburg, 4392 Swishers Mill Road, Lewisburg, OH 45338, Tel: +1-937-962-5602. E-mail:
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History

Geology

Description

The Haunted Cave is said to be Ohio’s only underground Halloween attraction. The tunnels of an abandoned limestone mine, 35 m below the surface are used to create a sort of underground theme park. Obviously it is open every year only in the last weeks before Halloween.

The Haunted Cave was at first organized and hosted by the Lewisburg Historical Society. The installations in the cave were built by local groups, which vary slightly from year to year. In 2006 the Northmont Science Olympiad team, Northmont Junior ROTC, Boy Scout troop 246, Northmont INTERACT and the civil air patrol cadets from New Lebanon were involved. Many of the best haunts ever were based on the work of the mechanical and electronics specialist Jim Witter. It seems the whole thing is now operated by a company.

There are actually three different tours to the mine. The Haunted Cave is a typical Halloween attraction with monsters and zombies. They are played by actors which do their best to scare the visitors. The Mine Wagon Tour is a historic tour of the Lewisburg Limestone mine. It has nothing to do with Halloween, it’s a historical tour. It’s a 40-minute ride on a waggon pulled by a traktor uses a different part of the mine. And Trick or Treat Underground! seems to be a sort of fake Halloween evening. Children bring their own bucket and load up on candy, which is passed out by actors. It takes place in the same part of the mine as the Haunted Cave, just without the scaring.