8 Places To Hide In Arkansas In Case Of A Zombie Apocalypse

Zombies have gotten an amazing amount of attention lately in pop culture. They’re all over movies and television. Sure, this isn’t a new thing – people have been telling spooky zombie stories for ages – but what if all the blather turned out to be a real and actual threat? Maybe it won’t even be the dead rising – maybe they’ll all be like the infected in 28 Days Later or some horrifying circumstance of science causes people to want to eat your brain…where would you go?

Oh, the caves of Arkansas. They’ve been featured in a number of our articles before (because we just find caves fascinating). The idea of hiding out in Onyx Cave or stockpiling all of your necessities in Cosmic Cavern in case of a zombie attack just sounds like an idea an AMC executive would have for a spinoff series of The Walking Dead. Yep, if it all goes sour and the walkers start headed your way, underground is your best bet for hiding. Bring your hard hat!

Please note, Blanchard Springs Caverns and Hurricane River Caverns are temporarily closed.

Facebook/Blanchard Springs Caverns

It almost sounds like something from a script - "We went to a town named Fifty-Six to hide from those zombies - down into the Wild Cave at Blanchard Springs..."

Facebook/Mystic Caverns

I suppose many in Arkansas would want to head north in case of an impending zombie attack; underground wonders like Mystic Caverns (south of Harrison) are great attractions in the northern part of the state when they're not being considered potential hiding places.

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Facebook/Hurricane River Cave

If you'd like a little adventuring while you've gone underground for a while, Hurricane River Cave between Harrison and Marshall would be a hiding spot where you'd never get bored. Hurricane River Cave is popular with extreme spelunkers who don't shy away from a strenuous climb.

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Facebook/Bull Shoals Caverns

Well, if a location has been around for 350 million years, it should be good enough (and definitely interesting enough) to be a hiding place during a zombie chase. Bull Shoals Caverns even has several varieties of cave formations to keep you entertained while in hiding.

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Facebook/Old Spanish Treasure Cave

The upshot of hiding out in the Old Spanish Treasure Cave near Sulphur Springs - if you stay there long enough you might find the legendary buried gold that's said to still be in the cave.

Facebook/Onyx Cave Park

Located six miles east of Eureka Springs, Onyx Cave provides potential temporary cave-dwellers with beautiful natural formations and lots of places to see while hiding from the chaos in the above world.

Facebook/War Eagle Cavern

If you're in northwest Arkansas, War Eagle Cave would make a nice hiding place from not only invading zombie attackers but pretty much any other troubles above ground. War Eagle Cave doesn't have any tight passageways or stairwells to hinder your hiding, either.

Facebook/Cosmic Cavern

Hiding out in Cosmic Cavern during a zombie apocalypse would be taking refuge in one of the most beautiful locations you'll ever see underground. You'd be in good company as far as history's great escapes go, too - Bonnie and Clyde reportedly once used a road west of the cavern to elude lawmen chasing them in the 1930s.

Indeed, Halloween is definitely getting closer when the imagination starts taking us to where we’d possibly take ourselves if ever under zombie attack. A cave or a cavern would surely be more interesting than hunkering down than a storm shelter or basement if such a dramatic occasion ever arose. Or would going up in the mountains be a better option? Where would you hide? Tell us in the comments below!