Waggoners Gap


  • COORDINATES: 40.278607, -77.278873
  • COUNTY: On Perry / Cumberland Border
  • EXPLANATION OF NAME: Text says Waggoner's Gap Blue Mountains Elevation 1245 Ft
  • MANUFACTURER: Undetermined
  • STATUS: This is apparently a more modern version of the larger Keystone signs that were once found where highways crossed the major ridges of Pennsylvania. This is the only one of which we are aware.

March 1961 photo by Steinmetz

Typical of the Original (1920s-30s) version of the ridgetop Keystones.  Photo From PennDot Collection.

Waggoner’s Gap sign on PA Route 74 at crest of Blue Mountain