The Vestal's Gap Road
This sector of the road, through Claude Moore Park, closely resembles the road as it appeared in this area's early history. This great road ran from the port city of Alexandria, Virginia through Vestal's Gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
It began as an animal trail, then was adopted by the Native Americans in this region as their path, and later was used by settlers as they moved from tidewater Virginia to that colony's western frontier.
Due to its association with people and events important in American history, a notable historian stated that it should be classified as one of the most historic roads in the United States.
Marker is on Old Vestals Gap Road, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
