About this city
Grottoes is a quiet, historically unique river valley town nestled inside the fertile agricultural plains of the southern Shenandoah Valley in Rockingham County. Incorporated dynamically in 1892, the community maintaining a peaceful agrarian profile until the early discovery of immense subterranean geological wonders transformed its coordinate. Grottoes is globally celebrated among architectural and cavern scholars for housing the absolute first developed commercial show cave in the United States, serving as a masterpiece of underground limestone folk art.
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Suggested stay: 1 day
Descend underground to marvel at the rare, vertical shield formations and crystalline draperies inside Grand Caverns, picnic along the South River, and explore downtown country storefronts.
