GDG- Off the beaten path

[Laurence Schiller]

Dean - that would be an excellent idea that I would be most  
interested in. Thanks.

best,

Laurie Schiller

On May 5, 2007, at 3:36 PM, Gettysburg Engineering wrote:

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Jack has pointed out a few places outside of Gettysburg which are  
> worth
> seeing and many do have Civil War related history.  I am truly  
> amazed that
> he still remembered so many of them from a quick drive we took some  
> time
> ago.  Upper Temple and Yellow Hill, on a clear day, have one of the  
> best
> views of the valley you will ever see.   There are many more but  
> they are
> all hard to fine.  When you show people around you often do not  
> know if it
> is of interest to them or not.  Since Jack must have been impressed  
> enough
> to remember, some day I must but together for this group, a driving  
> tour of
> what to see and what happen beyond the Gettysburg battlefield.
>
> Regards
>
> Dean Shultz
>
>> Go to the heights above The Narrows. You can, on a clear day, eyeball
> Lee's
>> track   from the Shenendoah up the Cumberland Valley. It gives you  
>> a great
>> grasp of the protection Lee gained in the valley and why he dared not
>> venture from it's protective shoulders unto the littoral.
>>
>> Decent place to eat at The Narrows
>>
>> Yellow Hill-Great view of the 'Burg-a lot better than the National  
>> Tower
>> ever offered, if you have the binoculars-a spotting scope is even  
>> better.
>>
>> Quaker Valley.
>>
>> The North end of Houcks ridge- a really different perspective "up the
>> Emiiittsburg Road".
>>
>> Sach's Covered Bridge-especially cool experience on a hot day.
>>
>> While your at that way, keep driving up into the pass at Jack's  
>> Mountain.
>> Turn around and come back. If there was any doubt that Sickels  
>> movement on
>> day 2 was just stupid, this stunning view of LRT looming like a great
>> brooding shadow over all the ground Sickels occupied will dispel that
> doudt.
>>
>> Devils Kitchen.
>>
>> The Indian Field.
>>
>> Veteran's Memorial Trail on BRT.
>>
>> Stuart's position on Oak Hill-it a really wistful view of what  
>> might have
>> been from the Southern point of view.
>>
>> The man-made (maybe) cave on Culp's Hill.   Make sure you stay off of
>> private property.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jack
>> /
>
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Dr. Laurence Dana Schiller
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