The gravel path to the left going up the hill leads to the old abandoned rest stop.

The driveway was mostly gravel, but there was some asphalt.

Once off the driveway, most of the area was gravel and grass.

Looking down the driveway towards I-71 South below.

This is what the rest stop area generally looks like.

The parking area is overgrown with grass.

The main roadway is gravel the whole way through.

An overview shot of the rest stop area.

This is a cement curb we found at the north end of the rest stop.

Here's a drain grate for the parking lot's sewer/drain.

Some cement rubble that was dumped at the former rest stop.

Another look at the cement curb.

Some type of old machine that was dumped here.

A single red brick was laying in the rest stop parking area.

This kind of looked like a striped mini-witch's boot.

This mound of mulch was at the back of the rest area.

There is a pretty steep drop-off at the rear of the rest area.

Some of the remaining asphalt in the parking lot.

Another patch of asphalt in the rest stop parking lot.

There was a wooded area behind the rest stop.

This looks like some kind of canine, maybe a coyote or something.

A few of the many bones that are scattered about the parking lot.

This animal, probably a deer, was still decomposing.

This deer's leg was pulled away from the rest of it's body.

This is an arial overview shot when the rest area was still in use in 1983.

An arial shot of the rest area from more recent years.

This is the topographic map that marks the place as a rest area.

This bird's eye view shows the destroyed rest area we visited.