Rickwood Caverns State Park, Cave system and state park in Blount County, Alabama, United States

Rickwood Caverns is a limestone cave system in Blount County, Alabama, with guided tours along a route called the "miracle mile" of active, living formations. The passages display illuminated limestone shapes estimated at 260 million years old, and blind cave fish live in the cave's underground pools. Visible in the soft limestone walls are fossils around 300 million years old.

Eddie Rickles, a Boy Scout troop leader, came across the caves in the early 1950s. He and Sonny Arwood combined their names to form "Rickwood." The caverns operated commercially from 1954 to 1974, when the state acquired the property and reopened it as a state park. After a six-month closure during the 2015 funding crisis, the park reopened in 2016.

The name "Rickwood" was coined by combining the surnames of Eddie Rickles and Sonny Arwood, who found the caves in the early 1950s. Rickles came across them while leading a Boy Scout troop through the area. The caverns ran as a commercial attraction from 1954 until 1974, when the state bought the property and reopened it as a park.

Visitors should prepare for stairs since accessing the cave passages requires climbing steps and underground temperatures stay cool year-round. Comfortable shoes and a jacket are practical for moving safely and comfortably through the passages.

The cave's name combines those of Eddie Rickles, a Boy Scout troop leader who found the passages in the early 1950s, and Sonny Arwood. The park also holds 300-million-year-old fossils visible in the soft limestone walls, and in September 2020 it was one of eleven Alabama state parks given a Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Award.