Natural Tunnel - Duffield, VA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member vhasler
N 36° 42.132 W 082° 44.663
17S E 344181 N 4063255
A railroad runs through Natural Tunnel (now a state park).
Waymark Code: WM7Y4A
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 6

From the guidebook:
At 45. 1 m. is an unobstructed view of the western end of NATURAL TUNNEL, a giant hole in Purchase Ridge, through which railway tracks and the waters of Stock Creek ran. The tunnel is about 100 feet in diameter and nearly 900 in length.

---- Virginia - A Guide to the Old Dominion State, 1940.

Now perserved as Natural Tunnel State Park, opened in 1971. The overlook will allow you to look down or through the tunnel. You might even catch a train. (See gallery)

Book: Virginia

Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 479-480

Year Originally Published: 1940

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