Wishes Make Dreams Come True! Apply for the Bridal Cave Scholarship!

If you've been through our cave at the Lake of the Ozarks, you know that we have a wishing well along the tour. It's hard to resist not throwing a few coins in as you pass by. What you may not know is that when you make a wish, wishes really do come true! It may not be the wish that you wished for but the coins you throw in our wishing well are used to provide a scholarship for a high school student pursuing higher education! We are excited to announce that we are expanding our scholarship program! Read on to learn more! 


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Wishes Make Dreams Come True


(Camdenton, MO) Each year tens of thousands of tourists make their way through the Ozark Mountains to tour Bridal Cave. As part of every tour, guests are invited to make a wish by tossing coins into the wishing well inside the cave. These wishes are helping to make graduating high school seniors' dreams come.

In the past, a scholarship was given each year to a deserving Camdenton R-3 graduate from coins collected in the wishing well. Due to the increase in visitors to the cave the past several years, Bridal Cave will be expanding the scholarship program to include more lake area schools. In 2022, Bridal Cave will be awarding a $1,000 scholarship to a high school senor from each of the following high schools in the lake area, Camdenton High School, Osage High School, Eldon High School and Versailles High School. These scholarships may be used for any two or four-year college or any trade school of the student’s choice.

Thanks to the generosity of our guests, wishes really do make dreams come true.

For more information on applying for the scholarships, please contact your high school guidance counselor.

For more information on Bridal Cave, please contact General Manager, Steve Thompson at 573-346-2676 or steve@bridalcave.com.


This is just one of the many ways we have the opportunities to give back to our local community and help students in our area pursue higher education. The next time you stop by to tour Bridal Cave, don't forget to bring some spare change to toss into our wishing well! Bridal Cave is open year-round for cave tours. Stop by soon and spend some time in nature with us! 


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526 Bridal Cave Road
Camdenton, MO 65020
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