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Please Note:  All caving and merit badge programs are a 6 scout minimum. 

Classes will not be set up until 6 paid reservations are received.

WARNING

The BSA Insurance, which protects the Scout Leader, Scouts and Host Activity Provider is not valid without a Tour Permit.   (Please refer to The Guide to Safe Scouting, A Unit Leader's Guide, for current policies and procedures to safe activities.)  Therefore, if a group arrives without its Tour Permit, we cannot provide service and our No-Refund Policy will apply.

Also, please note that the waivers for Climbing, Lower Caving and Upper Caving must have the mutual consent of the parents and be signed by a parent of the scout for the scout to participate in the activity.

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 The Boy Scout Geology Merit Badge

This three hour program is offered at either 10:00 AM or 2:00 PM and includes a one hour class, a one hour field walk and a one hour geology oriented cave tour.  Cost: $17 per scout and $9 per adult observer.  * Important! Please bring blue cards.*

 

Tent Camping

The Laurel Caverns campground sits in the middle of our 435 acres geological park and it is exclusively reserved for scouts.  Amenities include modern restrooms with coin showers, picnic tables and fireplace rims.  Cost: $5.00 per person per night.

Tour permits are required for scout groups camping in our campground.  Because Laurel Caverns campground is for scouts only, anyone not covered by the tour permit is not permitted to camp.

Tour permits only cover scouts and registered leaders; BSA insurance does not cover siblings or other adults.

If you wish to camp with siblings, please check the links at our website for the family campground in our area.

Please keep in mind:

(1)  Lunch is not included in any of Laurel Caverns programs but arrangements can be made one week prior to your visit by calling 724-438-3003.  (2) Plan well ahead.  You do not have a reservation until we have full payment in advance and you have a written confirmation. 

Please be advised that our morning programs must stay to a strict time schedule in order for our instructors to meet their afternoon programs and for the scouts who are enrolled in afternoon programs to be ready for their class.

In the climbing merit badge the lunch break varies according to the instructor's plan. In all other morning programs, the lunch break is taken from noon until 12:30 P.M. and there is not enough time for a group to return to the campground for lunch. Campers must bring their lunches with them in the morning or an adult may prepare them at the campsite and bring them down to our Visitor's Center at noon. We also have a group lunch program that is available for your convenience. For $6.50 with prior reservations, we will provide our hoagie lunch at the appropriate time.

Thank you for cooperating with this very important policy.