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Title Interpretive sign "Yankee Horse Ridge Parking Area and old logging railroad 100 ft."
Date August 1976
Description Image shows a wooden sign that reads "Yankee Horse Ridge / Parking Area / Elev. 3145 / Old Logging Railroad 100 Ft.". There is an arrow on the sign that points to the right, the location of the logging railroad, which is the Irish Creek Railway. The image was taken at the Yankee Horse Ridge Parking Area, near milepost 34.4 in Section 1E of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Robert G. Bruce in August 1976.
Location Location Name: Yankee Horse Ridge Parking Area
Parkway Milepost: 34.4
Latitude: 37.0
Longitude: -79.179444
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Photographs
Railroads
Rockbridge County (Va.)
Scenic overlooks
Signs and signboards
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway