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This pullout on the east side (Cody side) of the long tunnel on the Yellowstone Highway in Shoshone Canyon west of Cody Wyoming is for rock climbers. They come to climb the inner canyon walls which are made up of metamorphic and Igneous rocks that date to around 2.6 billion years ago. Geologist call this time period during the Precambrian the Archean Eon. These rocks represent a time when Wyoming was a separate microcontinent called the Wyoming Craton which existed 500 million years before the North American Continent formed. The layered gneissic complex in Shoshone Canyon consists of hornblende mica schist cut by granodiorite and granite pegmatites. These crystalline rocks are favored by climbers.
- Vladimir Horowitz.
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I saw a similar image to today’s postin one of the tourist brochures at our hotel in Tucson. When I learned that the location was Sedona, I considered it a challenge to find a similar spot to utilize the s-curve in the lane divider line as a leading line. Fron the orientation of the mountains, I knew it had to be taken from a pullout on highway 179. We had no luck with the first two stops we stopped along the highway, but I believe I found the exact spot on our third stop. Unfortunately, it was already too late at night, and I hope to return here one day and take the same shot under better lighting conditions.
This magical shoreline is Secret Beach on the Pacific Northwest Coast of Oregon. It is not exactly a secret and definitely worth stopping at to take pictures. Just don't be caught on the beach when the tide rises (or you may have some wet shoes after trying to make it back to the trail that leads back up the cliff to the parking pullout).
If you look closely, there is a tunnel or cave that runs through the seastack (or boulder). Unless you are somewhat of a mountain climber, it is by far the easiest way to get from one part of the beach to the other when the tide is low. When I was here, there were two family walking on the beach. As the tide started to rise, they left... and the seagulls and I had the entire beach to ourselves for a couple of hours.
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There were many Blue Gray Gnatcatchers it seemed at every brush near the pullouts. These guys are pretty abundant where we live. A fun subject nevertheless.
Q: What do you do when you see this coming over and down the hill in front of you?
A: Pull over and wait.
Here on the prairie, agriculture rules. There is probably no other way to drive this herd of Black Angus cows to their winter pasture. I found a pullout and let them pass, but not before stepping out to record the amazing, almost surreal sight.
Every one of those drivers gave me a wave and a smile as they passed.
Happy 2026 everybody! Thanks for dropping by and may the light be with you in the coming year!
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
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Heading home from Wind Wolves Preserve and the Carrizo Plain National Monument, halfway up the mountain there's a nice pullout to stop and enjoy the view. Looking North.
It's been a while since I went out shooting during the daytime. I decided to drive down Seward Highway. I didn't have a destination or composition in mind. Instread I chose to stop at almost every pull out and look for a creative compositon. This particular shot is a 15 shot panorama. It was taken just south of Girdwood, Alaska.
Colorful meadow and hillside at a wayside along the Sawbill Trail in the Superior National Forest near Tofte, Minnesota. It's pretty fun to note the difference in the size of the trees between this shot and the one I got in 27 years later (previous image in my photostream) at this same place.
This photo was taken in October 1980 with my Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic SP-1000, a 35mm SLR film camera. I was living in Duluth and going to the University of Minnesota at Duluth at the time, and had many opportunities for North Shore road trips!
A rocky hill, one of many such in eastern San Diego County, USA. Taken from a pullout for parking, Interstate Highway 8.
Isn't God a great artist? Thank you for looking.
Along Laurel Creek road outside Cades Cove, Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee. I believe this is the West Prong Little River, this is located at a parking pullout just before the tunnel on Laurel Creek Road on the way to Cades Cove.
This is the fourth wildlife species I encountered during my snowy drive, not far from home, back on paved road (none of the side roads here are paved). A Rough-legged Hawk had found a tasty road-kill bunny. When I pulled over and stopped, it was clear that the hawk had no intention of leaving; calories are hard to come by when winter arrives.
It flew up, circled, landed again not far from its meal. No, I won't show any photos of the dead cottontail. Gross. You can see a tiny spot of blood or flesh on the hawk's bill, though.
Then the law of randomness kicked in, and along came a farmer, driving a huge piece of equipment at least two lanes wide. I had no choice but to move along and find a pullout so that he could pass. The hawk circled again. I try not to harass raptors or any wildlife, but these eye level views were too good; I drove back, to find the hawk once again feeding. Good. Again it flew up, this time landing on a fence post. This time there were no interruptions, and I spent the next few minutes shooting freely, before deciding to withdraw and let the hawk finish its meal in peace. I think we were both happy with that arrangement, a win-win situation.
I will share a few more images over the next several days; it was too good. The white sky and white snow turned the prairie into a gigantic light box. You can't plan events like this; you just have to be available, and respond, and try to get it right.
Photographed near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
While at a roadside pullout along Indian Service Rte 13 with a view looking to the northwest across this northern New Mexico high desert setting. Off in the distance is the volcanic pipe, or diatreme, of Shiprock. Given the mostly overcast skies that afternoon, I decided to zoom in and focus on the formation itself. I pulled back a little on the focal link to include some of the nearby foreground to add an interest to the image while including some skies to use as a backdrop. The rest was metering to best bring out the colors present on this somewhat overcast day.
This is the view of the Beartooth Plateau Ridge and Hell Roaring Plateau looking across Rovk Creek Canyon from The Beartooth Highway. The pullout, from which the photo was taken, is located in Wyoming while most of the peaks in the photo lie in Montana. The features in the photo are from left to right; Glacier Lake, Mount Metcalf, Shelf Lake, Spirit Mountain, Beartooth Mountain, Bear Tooth, Thunder Mountain, Mount Reargaurd; Hellroaring Plateau. The rocks exposed here are part of an Archean metamorphic-igneous complex. They range in age between 3.6 and 2.7 billion years. These old rocks represent a time when Wyoming was a separate microcontinent called the Wyoming Craton which existed 500 million years before the North American Continent formed. The current topography was carved by glaciers that covered the plateaus and flowed down valleys. The Bears Tooth is a glacial horn that formed in between several downcutting glaciers. The Bears Tooth is a popular destination for local mountain climbers.
It's true, I've been weeding through my humongous Yosemite folder, especially sets where I shot multiple exposure images figuring HDR or some other post-processing choices. This would be one of those - you can imagine the exposure challenge of deep shade to full sun here. Another tidbit is that I let my Lightroom update to the latest version 11, so my tools are vastly improved since the photo was taken over a decade ago. This image is an HDR stack of 4 merged in Lightroom, with some additional tweaking in the deep shade and bright sun areas. The location is probably one of the most iconic, known as "The Gates" or "Gates to the Valley" - just a roadside pullout, looking up the Merced toward El Capitan. As for the snow, it's fresh. The Valley floor itself isn't that high (around 4,000 feet), so snow doesn't last that long - on this day, the fresh snow was falling from the trees by afternoon.
Surprisingly, this is actually not a black and white image. Here in Alaska, in the winter time the landscape often looks like a monochromatic photo. When the blue skies are covered with gray clouds a photo can look kind of colorless.
BN 8178 East departs Northtown Yard with a stack train back in May 1995. Lots of things have changed in this scene in Minneapolis during the subsequent 25 years.
The Northtown Pullout jobs were still handled by the ex-GN SD9s. It looks the BN 6121 shoving IMCX potash cars into the Departure Yard here. To the right is a string of yard power, a mix of BN, and leased power. Those ex-Conrail/Reading GATX MP15 switchers didn't last long on the BN, but I have a few shots of them around the Twin Cities during '95. My memory says the GATX 9629 led a transfer to CNW East Minneapolis later that day.
Above the yard, on the old Soo Line overpass, is an empty COLX coal train heading west towards Glenwood and eventually towards BN interchange at Tintah/Aberdeen Line Jct., MN. Two of the six coal train sets that ran to Portage, WI still ran on the Paynesville Sub. at this time.
A rain wet Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park runs through the forest along McDonald Creek. Completed in 1932, the spectacular, 50 mile long Going-to-the-Sun Road bisects the park east to west. The paved two-lane highway spans the width of Glacier National Park and crosses the Continental Divide at 6,646-foot-high Logan Pass. It passes large glacial lakes and cedar forests in the lower valleys; canyons and cliffs; culminating at the windswept alpine tundra atop the pass. Scenic viewpoints and pullouts line the road offering dramatic views and photo opportunities.
The road is nationally significant for its design and monumental engineering accomplishments. The original roadbed, bridges, tunnels, culverts, retaining walls, and guard walls were built in the “NPS Rustic” style. Individually, these structures are often significant examples of period engineering and design philosophy; collectively, they comprise a vital, integral component of the road’s unique character. Most of these structures were designed to harmonize with the roadway setting by using native materials and by blending with landforms as much as possible.The Going-To-The-Sun Road is a National Historic Landmark, is included in the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
As we travelled along the #1 highway, we came across many interesting sights. We passed by this opportunity until I said, "I'm going back". We quickly turned, parked and were witness to most interesting scene.
The grasses were bright from the backlight sun. The trees were once again blackened from the recent fires. And the distant hills were in shadow and light due to the time of day. A most interesting opportunity to capture something unique.
At a roadside pullout along U.S. Route 163 with a view looking to the southwest to mesa formations off in the distance in Monument Valley. The specific location is known as Forrest Gump Point. My thought on composing this was to use the road as a leading line into the image. I then worked to align myself to center the road as well as capturing a look down and then across for the setting. The PeakVisor app on my iPhone identified Brighams Tomb, West Mitten, Sentinel Mesa, King-on-his-Throne, and Eagle Mesa.
Along Hwy #1 and throughout the Fraser Valley, there were a multitude of convenient pullouts and sights to see. Here, the Fraser River divides for a moment, as its waters quickly move along toward the Salish Sea, my home area. From there they then spill out into the Pacific Ocean. The colors of the landscape fill the frame, and excite the senses.
Ever wonder why the Ocean is salt water. when in fact it is filled from fresh water. It is because all kinds of sediment including salts, are picked up along the way. The Ocean fills with this and is the final resting place for the water and what it carries.
Sugar Hill Scenic Vista
White Mountain National Forest, NH
10-16-19
The "scenic pullouts" are always filled with folks. Folks with phones and cameras, just like me, filling our memory books with the wonders of the world we encounter.
We found a beaver dam on one of the pullouts of the Parks Highway on the way to Denali. This was the view below the beaver dam looking Northeast. It was great seeing the beautiful landscape on our way to Denali Park for the first time.
Taken 4 July 2018 Near Denali Park on the Parks Highway, Alaska.
The Tomtit or Miromiro is endemic to mainland New Zealand and near-by Islands. They inhabit native and exotic forests and are specially common in Beech Forests.
I spotted this one in a little picnic park pullout on a drive through Haast Pass from Wanaka. Picnic spots are often wonderful places to spot and photograph birds. This one wasn't very co-operative but I manage a few images like this when he popped out into a more open area.
New Zealand has a devastating record for bird extinctions since human settlement caused by hunting, habitat loss and most notable the introduction of animals such as rats, mice, Stoats weasels, hedgehogs (I saw a few dead ones) and the Australian Brushtail possum.
From the time of first human settlement until 1994, 43 (or 46%) of the 93 endemic land, freshwater and coastal bird species have become extinct. Astonishing. However, New Zealand has invested a lot of money and research into conservation efforts to protect the remaining birds species and rid the Islands of pests.
Don and I have a 2001 Sprinter Van that he tricked out into a camper. We both love camping, especially in the winter when you can often be the only ones in a state or national park. I have one firm rule when camping. Smile. No-Matter-What. Ice cold showers in the campgrounds? Smile. Alternator quits for the fourth time? Keep my mouth shut and smile. Lost in a Utah canyon with no discernible road? Smile real pretty, because as navigator, that’s on me.
In January 2015, we and our three dogs enjoyed a wonderful wilderness trip across the southern US, up the California coast, and through Oregon to visit his folks in Washington. But after a weekend in Seattle with my in-laws and a day in Spokane with an old friend of Don’s who seemed to thrive in filth, my rule faltered. Don was tired, the dogs had had enough of the van, and bad weather loomed. After a late start heading east on Interstate 90 we got as far as Lookout Pass on the Idaho-Montana border when we realized we were being chased by a storm. A huge winter snowstorm that was closing the interstate behind us. Don determined to stay ahead of the weather, and eight hours later we slid into Billings, Montana. We spent a subzero restless night in a truck stop, diesel engines running all around us. An early pre-dawn pullout dipped us down into Wyoming’s Devil’s Tower National Monument, gates open, the storm left behind.
Daybreak. Don had been here before and wanted to nap. The dogs thought it too cold to venture out. I jumped out of the van and started up the easy path to the tower. No snow on the ground. Alone for the first time in about a month. No one else in the park, not even the rangers. No in-laws, no creepy friend, no dogs, no man in a van. (No offense, guys) A Gift.
There is something extraordinarily soul-feeding about bearing witness to the sun coming up behind a butte rising 1265 ft out of a prairie. To spend an hour in solitary presence. It brings a smile.
Oregon, California & Eastern's final Bly Turn rolls eastward along the Sprague River on April 29, 1990. This Kodachrome was recorded from a pullout on Oregon highway 140 a few miles east of Beatty. The empty cars in the train will be spotted at Bly for logs that will never arrive at the reload.
Later in the day, the job will return to Klamath Falls with the final trainload of logs delivered to Weyerhaeuser's West Klamath sawmill.
A photo taken at Sheep Creek Overlook about 11 miles south of Manila, Utah on State Highway 44. This paved pullout sits nearly 500 feet (152m) above the surface of the Flaming Gorge reservoir which is at an elevation of 6045 feet (1842m). This pullout provides sweeping views of the surrounding area to include the switch-backs on this mountain road.
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With unlimited wilderness - Alaska is a great place to break out your drone, and capture the beauty of our state from an eagle's perspective. There are many places to pull off of our roads (as pictured here) - send up your drone - and then venture on to the next pullout. It is definitely something to think about, before you plan your trip to Alaska.
“Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” ~ Eddie Cantor
View of the Phoenix metropolitan area from one of the pullouts at North Mountain Park
Have a great Thursday....thanks for all your visits and comments!!!!!
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Kamloops & Whisler, CANADÀ 2024
The Seton Lake Lookout is a spectacular viewpoint located along the Duffy Lake Road (Hwy 99), just a few minutes outside the town of Lillooet.
The Iconic View: It is world-famous for providing a panoramic view of a perfect 180-degree "Hairpin Turn" in the highway. The combination of the U-shaped road with the deep blue lake in the background is one of the most photographed spots in British Columbia.
The Lake: Seton Lake is a stunning glacial lake with turquoise or deep blue waters, surrounded by rugged, arid mountains that give it the appearance of an inland fjord.
Access: The lookout is not officially marked with large signs. Visitors must park in a small pullout on the side of the highway and hike for about 5-10 minutes up a steep, short trail to reach the rocky outcrop where the best photos are taken.
Unique Feature: The contrast between the cold glacial water and the desert-like landscape of the Lillooet area makes this a visually striking and unique location in the region.
A setting looking to the northwest while taking in views of the Maligne River as it flowed by from a roadside pullout along the main road in this part of Jasper National Park. With this image, I attempted to center the river flowing by this forest of evergreen trees, with a backdrop of ridges and peaks of the Medicine Lake Slabs.
This is the view one can let soak in next to the Parker Ridge pullout near the boundary of Banff and Jasper National Parks. For me, this image is about the whole of the view including Mount Athabasca and Hilda Peak. I also found the image a nice change in color contrast. There's the greens of the evergreen forest and then the browns of the mountainside. Finally there's the blues and whites of the skies above.
It's always a treat to find photos you don't remember taking and here's one such chase. I'm not sure if Frank Keller was with me or if I was with family or alone as I don't recall this day. It's about 8 PM and about 90 minutes before sunset on this glorious spring evening as a pair of Alaska Railroad SD70MACs lead a 120S freight from Anchorage to Whittier and a date with the Alaska Marine Lines barge to Seattle. They are passing the little 2511 ft Brookman siding at MP 81.7 on the ARRC mainline as the Chugach Mountains provide a spectacular backdrop rising steeply from sea level along the shore of Turnagain Arm.
Brookman siding is named for Kerry Brookman who lost his life in the line of duty nearby and up alongside the highway at a small pullout overlooking the beauty of the mountains and the sea stands a stone monument with a bronze plaque that reads:
“This monument is dedicated to Mr. Brookman and the men and women of the Alaska Railroad and Alaska Department of Transportation who work on the front line each winter keeping Alaska’s railroad and highways safe for the traveling public. While working to clear two avalanches that had closed the railroad and highway east of this site, Mr. Brookman from the Alaska Railroad and two co-workers from the Department of Transportation were engulfed by a third avalanche. Mr. Brookman died on February 1, 2000 from injuries sustained in this tragic incident. His co-workers survived.”
To read about this tragic accident that claimed the life of the 53 year old, 21 year veteran heavy equipment operator click this link:
www.cnfaic.org/accidents/bird-flats-seward-highway/
Near Girdwood, Alaska
Saturday April 8, 2017
The slash through the vegetation headed up the
mountain is the Going to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park. Completed in 1932, the spectacular, 50 mile long Going-to-the-Sun Road bisects the park east to west. The paved two-lane highway spans the width of Glacier National Park and crosses the Continental Divide at 6,646-foot-high Logan Pass. It passes large glacial lakes and cedar forests in the lower valleys; canyons and cliffs; culminating at the windswept alpine tundra atop the pass. Scenic viewpoints and pullouts line the road offering dramatic views and photo opportunities. One thing I found interesting is that the view from the road varies depending on the direction you are traveling. I drove both ways a few of times and see different things each time.
The road is nationally significant for its design and monumental engineering accomplishments. The original roadbed, bridges, tunnels, culverts, retaining walls, and guard walls were built in the “NPS Rustic” style. Individually, these structures are often significant examples of period engineering and design philosophy; collectively, they comprise a vital, integral component of the road’s unique character. Most of these structures were designed to harmonize with the roadway setting by using native materials and by blending with landforms as much as possible.The Going-To-The-Sun Road is a National Historic Landmark, is included in the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
While at a roadside pullout along the main park road in the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park with a view looking to the southwest. What I wanted to capture with this image was a look beyond a nearby grassy meadow to the more distant ridges and peaks of the Northern Lewis Range and Continental Divide. I didn't want to lose any of the details present in the overcast skies that seemingly hid some of the peaks, as I felt they added a texture or drama to the image. I exposed the image so that I could ensure to pull out any details present.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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It was by accident that I learned about the two sea stacks shaped like shark fins on the northern coast of California near Mendocino. We were looking for a beach to spend the day before going to our final location. We saw the pullout for Navarro beach and decided to check it out, and it turned out to be a perfect place to spend a lazy morning. My original plan required some colors, but it didn’t look very promising as the sunset neared. So, we decided to call it an early day and rest up for the rest of the trip. To be honest, with the flat sky and uninspiring light, I struggled to develop a good image here. But it bothered me that I was at one of the most gorgeous coastlines in the world and still couldn’t come up with a good photo. So I spent some time thinking and trying various compositions and finally came up with this one which made me happy even though it took quite a few tries to get the waves at the right position and get my timing right.
- Khalil Gibran.
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The last time we visited Sedona, while coming from the crescent moon picnic area, we stopped at a random pullout to ake a few blue-hour images of the beautiful Cathedral Rocks. Since we had the whole place, I assumed it was just a random location. However, later I learned that it’s a popular scenic outlook that’s marked out in google maps. So, during our recent trip, I planned a revisit, but this time doing my research, I realized there was another spot on the same road which seemed to be a better view called Lover’s knoll. It appears to be a favorite spot of wedding photographers, hence the name.
The view was quite expansive as I imagined, and there was a beautiful gnarled tree to use as a foreground anchor. My initial few exposures were using the tree, but as the sun set, the ridge in front started to be in the shadows while the rock formations in the back stayed lit by the golden hour light. I thought the light transition looked beautiful and decided to capture it as a telephoto panorama by taking each shot at a 120mm focal length.
Brrrrr, it's COLD here and I can't wait for Old Man Winter to go away!!!
This photo was taken from a pullout on Moki Dugway near Mexican Hat and Valley of Gods during our April 2023 road trip.
Moki Dugway is a two-lane blacktop road with multiple switchbacks and hairpin turns without guardrails. The view along the drive is simply astonishing, it is worth doing if you are not too scared of heights.
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Some low clouds stretch across one of the mountains of the very large Chugach Range as seen from a pullout off the Seward Highway. There is still a little color in the trees nearby but winter is coming as it increasingly descends from the mountain tops.
Taken 15 October 2021 from the Seward Highway, Alaska.
Myself and the trainman of BN 6121 enjoy a beautiful April day back in 1998 (yes there are warm, green April days in Minnesota...sometimes). The SD9 is working one of the BNSF Pullout Jobs at 35th Ave. at Northtown Yard, seen here shoving back under the St. Anthony Parkway bridge. Spent many an afternoon watching the former GN SD9s do their thing making up outbound trains at here at the east end of Northtown, in between the road freights I was really after.
Bald Eagle
Highway 3, Alaska
One expects to see Bald Eagles in Alaska, and we were not disappointed. We saw them everywhere. Tom saw this bird and made a relatively fast stop where there really was not a pullout. Such a beautiful bird.
Another look through the Nicola Valley and big fluffy white clouds are circulating. The inclement weather we had encountered on our way in dissipated and once again changed the landscape.
This time, we are at the second lake and the reflections are strong. The white clouds reflect well in the blue waters from the sky. A short pullout, a quick setup and then on to the next opportunity.
While at a roadside pullout along Olivas Ranch Road with a view looking to the west across a desert landscape. This is in the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area. The backdrop of mountains is part of the Mount Whitney Group range of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Lone Pine Peak is probably the most recognizable one in the image middle, just right of center. Mount Whitney would just be showing up at the middle image right. By angling my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward, I felt I was able to create a more sweeping view across the desert landscape leading up to the mountains.
This is an Older Section of the Old Hwy 80 Mother Road. It predated Hwy 8. Hwy 80 where it exist, can follow close to or veer away from Hwy 8. This section is quite a ways away. This orphaned section now lies at The intersection of Wildwood Glenn Lane and Hwy79, it is behind a dirt pullout next to an Old bridge, It can be seen on Google Earth, satellite view
At a roadside pullout along Utah Scenic Byway 12 with a view looking to the north-northeast to two “sentinel” type hoodoos on an escarpment bluff in Dixie National Forest. My thinking in composing this image was to capture that look with the hoodoos as if they were soldiers on guard, overlooking whatever was needed. The rest of the image was metering to not overexpose, given the direction I was looking with the sun. I was able to make exposure adjustments to keep the colors and not wash them out. Lastly, I liked how the blue skies were that color contrast to complement the image with earth-tones present in the lower portion.
Continuing down the Needles Highway from Sylvan Lake one enters the Needles Eye Tunnel.
One of my favorite spots in the Black Hills.
The roadway was carefully planned by former South Dakota Governor Peter Norbeck, who marked the entire course on foot and by horseback. Construction was completed in 1922.
This tunnel is a one-lane section of road that passes right through tall granite. It is one of three tunnels found on Needles Highway and is certainly one of the more popular pullouts. The tunnel is 8 feet 4 inches wide by 12 feet high. RVs and vehicles with large trailers may want to avoid the drive. It’s said to be the narrowest tunnel in South Dakota. Only one car at a time can go through.
Sadly there was no room for me to pull over on the other side of the tunnel for pics. Would have liked some shots from that side. Perhaps another run at it in the future.
Enjoy an awesome Spring weekend!