Laurel Caverns
| Laurel Caverns | |
|---|---|
Stairs, lit with electric lights, lead into the cavern. | |
Interactive map of Laurel Caverns | |
| Location | Farmington, Pennsylvania |
| Length | 4,972 meters (16,312 ft) |
| Discovery | 1760s (first recorded exploration) |
| Geology | Karst cave Mississippian Loyalhanna limestone |
| Access | Adults: $15 USD Seniors (65+): $12 USD Children (12-18): $10 USD Children (6-11): $10 USD Children (0-5): free Upper Caving (9 and up): $20 USD Lower Caving (12 and up): $25 USD |
Laurel Caverns is the largest cave in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by volume and area. Located in the community of Farmington, it sits on the Chestnut Ridge near Uniontown, roughly 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Pittsburgh.
Initially an unregulated wild cave that was known by locals and word of mouth as "Dulany's Cave" (alternate spelling: "Dulaney's Cave") during the early 1900s, it was owned, during the 1930s, by Norman Cale and his brother, and then later by Cale and his wife, Helen, who opened it to the general public as a show cave on July 1, 1964, and marketed it as "the caverns in the clouds".
In 2025, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed turning Laurel Caverns into a state park. If approved by the General Assembly, the caverns' owner, David Cale, would donate them to the state government, which would maintain them for public use in perpetuity.