{"id":5839,"date":"2021-07-26T17:15:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T22:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/?p=5839"},"modified":"2021-07-26T17:23:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T22:23:37","slug":"collecting-caves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/collecting-caves\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting Caves"},"content":{"rendered":"

My family is on a quest to visit all the caves in Pennsylvania. So far, we’ve hit four. <\/p>\n

Indian Echo Caverns<\/h2>\n

Echo Dell
\n368 Middletown Rd
\nHummelstown, PA 17036
\n(717) 566-8131
\nhttp:\/\/indianechocaverns.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

We visited this one in 2008. I forgot to take pictures of it. <\/p>\n

Penns Cave<\/h2>\n

Penn\u2019s Cave
\n222 Penns Cave Road
\nCentre Hall, PA 16828
\n(814) 364-1664
\nhttp:\/\/pennscave.com\/<\/a>
\nGlide through the all-water limestone cavern on the tour, given entirely by boat. About 14 miles and 22 minutes southeast from Bellefonte. <\/p>\n

We saw this twice: in 2015 and 2017. I didn’t take many pictures of this cave. <\/p>\n

\"2015-04-10<\/a>
2015-04-10 Penn’s Cave 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Woodward Cave<\/h2>\n

Woodward Cave
\nRoute 45 in Centre County, Woodward, PA 16882
\nMid-way between State College and Lewisburg
\n814-349-9800
\nwww.woodwardcave.com<\/a>
\nOpen 10-4 on Fridays
\n27 miles east from Bellefonte (42 minutes), near Bald Eagle State Forest<\/p>\n

We visited this one in June 2017.
\n

\"2017-06-22<\/a>
2017-06-22 Woodward Cave Entrance, AM<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
\"2017-06-22<\/a>
2017-06-22 Woodward Cave Rock Formation, AM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2017-06-22<\/a>
2017-06-22 Woodward Cave A Rock Formation, AM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Laurel Caverns<\/h2>\n

Laurel Caverns is located off route 40 east of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles south of Pittsburgh. The GPS address is 1065 Skyline Drive, Farmington, PA 15437. https:\/\/laurelcaverns.com\/<\/a>. Nearby sites are: The Summit Inn, Fort Necessity National Park, Nemacolin Woodlands, Ohiopyle State Park, Kentuck Knob, and Fallingwater. The cave temperature is a constant 52 degrees.<\/p>\n

We took the combination guided tour and self-exploration. The guided tour is described this way: “This 30 minute guided tour shows the passages seen when David Cale took the first guided tour into Laurel Caverns on its opening day in 1964. Today, it represents what one sees while walking the last 500 feet of the self-guided tour. Though there are some slopes, there are no steps. It is the proper choice for those who, for whatever reason, would prefer to avoid stairways and the strenuous 200 foot uphill climb on the self-guided tour.”<\/p>\n

The self guided tour was described this way: “This 45-50 minute tour covers three passages that were added to the 1964 tour with the construction of steps between 1973 and 1990. Because it involves many steps and its most distant point, the Fault-line Room, is 170 feet below the Visitors\u2019 Center, this option is not recommended for those who would find walking up three flights of stairs to be challenging.” This tour was a loop that went 17 stories below ground, past a waterfall, and then back up lots of steps and steep hills to the surface. <\/p>\n

\"2021-07-21<\/a>
2021-07-21 Laurel Caverns 11<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2021-07-21<\/a>
2021-07-21 Laurel Caverns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"2021-07-21<\/a>
2021-07-21 Laurel Caverns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This cave was interesting in that it has 4 MILES of passages underground. No, we didn’t walk them all. There are special spelunking tours for hardcore people who are willing to go down into the dark with lights and a guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My family is on a quest to visit all the caves in Pennsylvania. So far, we’ve hit four. Indian Echo Caverns Echo Dell 368 Middletown Rd Hummelstown, PA 17036 (717) 566-8131 http:\/\/indianechocaverns.com\/ We visited this one in 2008. I forgot to take pictures of it. Penns Cave Penn\u2019s Cave 222 Penns Cave Road Centre Hall,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-few-other-things"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3viLY-1wb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9496,"url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/useful-genealogy-links\/","url_meta":{"origin":5839,"position":0},"title":"Useful Genealogy Links","author":"Karen","date":"September 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Primary Sources Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. 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