DJI Inspire 1 Drone at Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Cash Valley, GAP Trail (Cumberland) Maryland 4k

Flying from the Rest Lawn Memorial Gardens off of Cash Valley Road near Cumberland, Maryland. Aside from the Memorial Gardens, you can see the Great Allegheny Passage (G.A.P.) Trail, Helmstetter's Farm and the Horseshoe Curve. One of the most famous railroad landmarks east of the Mississippi River is the Western Maryland's Helmstetter's Curve located just west of Cumberland on the system's former Connellsville Subdivision. As the company expanded westward in the early 20th century it had to find a relatively manageable gradient through the Allegheny Mountains which quickly rose once one was out of the Potomac River valley. With newer engineering techniques, surveyors would ultimately plot a line that was somewhat easier than neighbor and competitor Baltimore & Ohio's Sand Patch grade. The curve became so well photographed over the years thanks to the generosity of the local family who owns the surrounding property and whose name is attached to it. You can also get a glimpse of Cash Valley Elementary School which is near the Memorial Gardens. I am not standing or landing on any graves, and by the tractor tracks you can be sure.