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Driving directions to Laurel Caverns

1.  DO NOT USE OUR PHONE NUMBER OR OUR PHYSICAL ADDRESS

Laurel Caverns is in the middle of a six mile by ten mile forested area with only one good paved road and dozens of township owned dirt "roads," some are not maintained in years. Some are now even gas lines.  But they are on "official" maps as roads and GPS and on-line map services are using them.

YOUR E-DIRECTIONS ARE WRONG IF THEY EVEN MENTION:

  • Heritage Hills Road
  • Derrick Avenue
  • Quebec Run Road
  • Hardin Hollow Road
  • Pine Knob Road
  • Brownfield Lane
  • Wharton Furnace Road
  • Kirby Road
  • Workman Road
  • Elliotsville
  • Morgantown Road
  • Fallowfield Street
  • Shepherd Road
  • Charleroi

 

2.  GO TO EITHER HOPWOOD PA OR TO CHALK HILL PA

The Laurel Caverns Road (called Skyline Drive) is five miles long and begins on US Route 40 at the Historic Summit Inn, two miles west of Chalk Hill PA and three miles east of Hopwood PA (Fayette County). There are no addresses between Hopwood and Chalk Hill because that part of the four-lane Rt. 40 is all forest.

From Hopwood take Route 40 EAST for three miles to the top of the Summit Mountain. Turn right just past the entrance to the Historic Summit Inn, on to Skyline Drive. Follow Skyline Drive south for five miles. The Laurel Caverns entrance will be on your right. (The only paved “fork” is Kirby Road. A sign there tells you to bear straight and to the right, not taking Kirby Road.)

From Chalk Hill take Route 40 WEST for two miles to just before the crest of the Summit Mountain. (Get in the left turn lane as you approach the flashing yellow light at the crest of the ridge.) Turn left just before the entrance to the Historic Summit Inn, on to Skyline Drive. Follow Skyline Drive south for five miles. The Laurel Caverns entrance will be on your right. (The only paved “fork” is Kirby Road. A sign there tells you to bear straight and to the right, not taking Kirby Road.)