In 1783 Thomas Jefferson was here at Split Rocks on Louden Heights and called this view "Stupendous". This view is looking up the Potomac. The Shenandoah enters to the left below Harpers Ferry. The old C&O Canal is on the Maryland Shore beneath Maryland Heights Jefferson's exclamation was quite appropriate at the time when there were no manmade features
(HT to Guide JB).
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