Ravens Roost offers vistas of Torry Mountain and the Shenandoah to the west.

11.7 - Hickory Spring parking widening. Fountain
13.1 - Three Ridges parking overlook, elev. 2697
13.7 - Reeds Gap, elev. 2637. Va. 664, right to Va. 814; left to Roseland and Amherst
15.4 - Love Gap
16.0 - Va. 814, left to Massie's Mill

Mile 16 - Sherando Lake

Sherando Lake is a recreation area in George Washington National Forest 4.5 miles from the parkway via Va. 814. Swimming, picnicking, and camping are available.

17.6 - The Priest parking overlook, elev. 2695.
18.5 - White Rock Gap, elev. 2549
19.0 - Twenty-Minute Cliff parking overlook, elev. 2715.
19.9 - The Slacks parking overlook, elev. 2800.
22.1 - Bald Mountain parking widening, elev. 3250. U.S.F.S. road to Bald Mountain Tower.
23.0 - Fork Mountain parking overlook, elev. 3294
23.4 Highest point north of the James River, elev. 3333.7
24.3 - Left, road to FAA Aircraft Direction Finder Station
25.6 - Spy Run Gap, elev. 3033
26.4 - Parking overlook
27.2 - Tye River Gap, elev. 2969. Va. 56, right 4 mi. to Vesuvius, 6.5 mi. to Steeles Tavern; left .75 mi. to Montebello.
29.0 - Whetstone Ridge. Sandwich shop, gift shop, service station.

Mile 29 - Whetstone Ridge

Whetstone Ridge provided many a mountain man with a fine-grained sharpening stone.

29.5 - Va. 603; no access. Cemetery
31.4 - Still-house Hollow parking widening. Fountain
31.9 - Va. 886; left, unimproved road to Montebello
33.0 - Yankee Fence exhibit
34.4 - Yankee Horse parking area, elev. 3140. Logging Railroad exhibit.

Mile 34.4 - Yankee Horse

Yankee Horse supposedly is where a hard-riding Union man's horse fell and had to be shot. See a reconstructed spur of an old logging railroad by walking to Wigwam Falls.

34.8 - Yankee Horse Ridge
37.4 - Irish Gap, elev. 2279
37.5 - Va. 605, right to Irish Creek and Buena Vista; left to Va. 60 and Amherst
38.8 - Boston Knob parking area, elev. 2508. E.
39.9 - Clark Mountain public road
40.0 - Clarkes Gap, elev. 2177
42.4 - Irish Creek Valley parking widening, elev. 2665
44.4 - Whites Gap parking overlook, elev. 2567. E.
44.9 - Chimney Rock Mountain parking widening, elev.2485
45.6 - Humphreys Gap, elev.2312. Buena Vista overlook. U.S. 60, right S mi. to Buena Vista, 11 ml. to Lexington; left 23 mi. to Amherst
46.9 - Indian Gap. Public crossing; no access
48.9 - Licklog Springs Gap, elev.2481
49.3 - House Mountain parking overlook, elev. 2498
50.1 - Robinson Gap, elev. 2412

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