21 August 2013

A visit to Luray Caverns

Posted by Callan Bentley

To continue with the karst theme I initiated yesterday, let me share a few photos today from a visit last week to Luray Caverns, a large show cave in Page County, Virginia near the town of Luray.

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This was my first visit to Luray Caverns since I was a child. Probably it had been thirty years since I last trod these limestone halls… It was nice to go back. While it’s certainly very touristy, it’s a stunning cave, with big rooms and a diverse array of speleothems.

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Tickets to the self-paced cave tour run $25 or so, which also includes entrance to several other touristy features on the site (a car museum, a labyrinth, that sort of thing).