Luray Caverns - Luray, VA
Posted by: Ernmark
N 38° 39.856 W 078° 29.011
17S E 718948 N 4282526
Popular tourst destination located just W of Luray, Virginia.
Waymark Code: WMC8AH
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/07/2011
Views: 13
This cavern is probably the most 'developed' cavern in terms of a tourist destination - there are on site gift ships, restaurants, even a garden maze - but the main attraction is of course underground.
This 400 million year-old cavern is a solutional cave, dissolved from surrounding limestone, and is visited by some 500,000 people per year.
During the 1950s, brick & concrete walkways were installed along the tour route, which runs in a figure-eight pattern.
Type of Land: Private Land
Managed By: Luray Caverns Company
Contact Info: (540) 743-6551
Website: [Web Link]
Type of Cave: Other
Contains Stalactites: yes
Contains Stalagmites: yes
Contains Bats: no
Price of Admission: 23.00 (listed in local currency)
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Visit Instructions:
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