(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Posted on Facebook on April 6th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Fayette County, PA) Laurel Caverns in Fayette County was unveiled yesterday as Pennsylvania’s newest state park. The unique trait about this park is that it is the state’s first underground state park. It boasts 4 miles of cave passages, as well as over 400 acres aboveground. The park also adjoins thousands of acres of Forbes State Forest and State Game Lands 138, and its nearby other Laurel Highlands attractions like Ohiopyle and Nemacolin. It will open on Wednesday, April 22nd.