Indian Echo Caverns

Indian Echo Caverns is an attraction in Hummelstown, PA, part of the Lancaster & Amish Country guide. Cost: under $25.

368 Middletown Rd · Hummelstown, PA

Why you should go…

Indian Echo Caverns is a limestone cave cut through Beekmantown limestone over 440 million years old, opening onto Swatara Creek near Hershey. A guide leads you on a 45-minute walk explaining the geology, history and formations, in a steady 52 degrees year round. The caverns first opened to the public in 1929. Above ground at Echo Dell you find picnic areas, a playground, a barnyard with goats and a gem mining sluice.

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#show cave
#hershey area
#family attraction
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