Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park
Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park
222 Penns Cave Rd.
Centre Hall, PA 16828
About the Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park
America's only all-water cavern and wildlife park.
Penn’s Cave is located in the topographic region of Pennsylvania known as the Ridge and Valley section of the Appalachian Highlands; within this section, the cavern is located in the physiographic division known as the Ridge and Valley Province. The Penn’s Cave area is a typical karst terrain, which is characterized by a large number of caves, springs, sinkholes, and surface streams that disappear underground.
Penn’s Cave, the only cave in Pennsylvania on the National Register of Historic Places, features glittering stalactites and stalagmites, often in mysteriously familiar shapes, such as “The Statue of Liberty” and “The Garden of the Gods.” See how dripping water has sculpted magnificent flowstone, curtains, cascades, and draperies against a background of pillars and gigantic columns.
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Take a Tour!
Cave Tour
The guided, interpretive tour by flat-bottom motorboat winds through cavern passageways and, when weather and conditions permit, includes a ride on Lake Nitanee. The motorboats accommodate 20-22 persons. There are 48 steps leading to the cave’s main entrance, which is not handicapped accessible.
We recommend bringing a jacket or sweater, as the inside temperature of the cave remains 52 degrees F year ‘round! Comfortable walking shoes are advised. Photos are permitted.
Wildlife Tour
See Native North-American animals such as bison, Texas longhorn cattle, red & silver foxes, black bears, elk, whitetail deer, bighorn sheep, wild burros, mountain lions, and our wolf pack of gray and arctic wolves! New to the park in the summer of 2023 are several mustangs that were originally adopted through the Bureau of Land Management and Department of Forestry programs!
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