You Have GOT TO See this Abandoned Rest Stop in Wetumpka Alabama

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@brendastrode7140 8 месяцев назад

Why is people find a need to break stuff up. I could sit there all day and enjoy the quiet.

@darrylkinslow3357 8 месяцев назад

Considering it's a small town, and not a city, the damage was likely intentionally done so people couldn't use the place. There's no graffitti or anything, suggesting it wasn't done by delinquent kids or teens. That was done by adults, on purpose.

@ryanbrockett1899 8 месяцев назад

Looks like a great metal detecting place to me

@donaldmiller9648 8 месяцев назад

I grew up in north Louisiana as a kid and we used to make annual trips to east coast of Florida to visit grandparents. We always stopped at roadside picnic tables and rest areas as we stopped to eat lunches and dinners being car load of adults and kids in 1960s. Alabama was part of memories....cotton fields, people would put up roadside picnic benches near their single hog pen, etc. Different world back then...

@richardjolley6623 8 месяцев назад

Our Ag teacher took us there to help our forestry judging yeam learn about some different trees that we didn't have further south. He figured ,since the competition would be around Montgomery, we would have a better understanding of the local trees and a better chance of doing well. We did. The team placed fourth in the state , against some very stiff competition from the vo ag schools . Always liked this park and stopped many times on the way to Kowliga, on Lake Martin. I had met a girl during our trip that our ag teacher arranged. Went back several times to see and visit with the prerty little lady from the Lake Martin area. Thanks for taking us along , sorry for my ramblimg on but this park brought back a ton of wonderful memories. Thanks Dude!!

@ExploringAlabama 8 месяцев назад

It was a cool spot when open. Too bad it’s done now.

@robjohn6943 8 месяцев назад

The Wetumpka crater is actually on the opposite side of the road, east of downtown

@downumop 4 месяца назад

The crater is very large (4.7 miles diameter) and across US-231 (to your left as you walked into the rest area.). Supposedly the rest area is going to be developed into a crater museum / interpretation center at some point.

@danamaddox9886 2 месяца назад

❤😊Alabama is beautiful there is so much lost history it as if time forgot about its sad it just has that feeling.

@HikerChick11 Месяц назад

I live in Alabama too, and completely agree with you. The state gets a bad wrap.

@tommymartin5522 8 месяцев назад

OMG we stopped there going to Florida aftergraduation! My God 40 years ago

@ExploringAlabama 8 месяцев назад

it used to be so cool!

@pg1171 Месяц назад

So did I, 42 years ago.

@pg1171 Месяц назад

So did we. 42 years ago!

@johnnyvscustomsgaragetassie. 8 месяцев назад

Funding, funding and budget cuts. No other reason. EA we have places like that here in Tasmania the same thing. Too hard for councils or in your case county's to keep them in good safe condition. Shame looked a great place to explore. Cheers JV

@angelaspaulding5990 8 месяцев назад

Id love to renovate a place like that. What a beautiful place to live

@AshleyBrown-fz2fv 2 месяца назад

The DOT shut down several rest areas approximately 20 years. This one was turned over to the City of Wetumpka. It is supposed to eventually be the Impact Crater Center but not sure if that’s still the case.

@MountainrunnerTn 8 месяцев назад

Did you metal detector around the area? Might be some good older coins there.

@darkwolf5531 8 месяцев назад

Super Cool

@julieyeomans4081 8 месяцев назад

I just want that one little green-painted shelter for my backyard...and maybe a concrete picnic table...and the trashcan might convert into a cool grill...you should also metal detect it.

@rodneydortch9060 4 месяца назад

The state of Alabama shut the rest stop down on hwy 59 just out of Bay Minette about 20 years ago heading to Gulf Shores

@lilbitofsouthernspirit7788 2 месяца назад

Is it still closed,& is there access to it? I'd love to try.😊 Thx in advance.

@Grunt-pr7od 8 месяцев назад

We called our rest stop on I40 the pickle park I'll let you figure out what that meant lol😅😅😅 used to cause cold chills to run up and down my spine when someone asked me if i played Pickle Ball.

@patriciaguillory8424 8 месяцев назад

Awesome place

@AlteredBookeryCrafting Месяц назад

I drove by here one day last week. It's mind boggling how well the entrance is being maintained. Gates are locked. It would benefit Wetumpka to renovate this relic. All is not lost here. This place is beautiful.

@davidg813 8 месяцев назад

Just another typical government project spend a ton of money to build something like that and then don't maintain it let it all fall apart and deteriorate

@Lot_Lizard2024 4 месяца назад

And the State is almost 10 billion in debt, and wanting to spend a few .ore building a bridge over Mobile Bay, roads, bridges, parks, schools, etc are falling apart, what they spending our tax dollars on, most likely their own checking accounts

@furface9779 8 месяцев назад

the welcome center where you are no longer welcome, now my brain hurts

@sharonbutterfield5353 2 месяца назад

I just looked it up and the news said that they closed 2 rest areas on 231 because it was costing the state over $500,000 a year to maintain. Added to that was that the City of Wetumpka has grown so much that the rest areas were no longer needed.

@decembergem4598 8 месяцев назад

Nice tour, thanks for taking me. I think your a bit late for that stamp and coin show though.

@cliffyarboro1163 8 месяцев назад

Enjoyed your video Jeff dont understand why low life people want to tear up stuff, missed your bride hope her and the youngins are well take care👍

@jillybean9329 8 месяцев назад

Not creepy to me 😎 I wonder why its closed? What a shame 🤔

@ExploringAlabama 8 месяцев назад

No idea

@roblewis6880 2 месяца назад

It was not used much anymore. My inlaws lived in the looped subdivision across the road from there.

@jewlmoore 8 месяцев назад

Stopped there many times!

@gwilli5413 Месяц назад

the amount of picnic tables shows that it was once a great place to rest on your journey!!!

@robmikell7444 4 месяца назад

That rest area was probably closed by water management or EPA. You saw a water body in the crater. They did a similar thing in N Fla. I75 crossed the Suwanee river. A rest area very close. This pristine waterway was receiving runoff from the rest stop. It was closed and moved away from the river.

@popholmes5825 3 месяца назад

That is Spanish moss hanging from the trees. It doesn't hurt the tree in any way. It uses the trees as anchors..

@gwilliams4444 8 месяцев назад

👍🏽👍🏽

@melissamcduffie9715 3 месяца назад

My family used to stop there a long time ago. I later lived in Montgomery for many years. I’m sorry to tell you but that is not the crater. The crater you are talking about is east and north of where you are by a few miles. They actually have a yearly guided tour where you can explore the rim of the crater which backs up to Bald Knob Hill. Call the Wetumpka City Hall and I’m sure they could give you more information.

@ExploringAlabama 3 месяца назад

thank you

@flpanhead Месяц назад

Dude! You said "case quarter". I haven't heard that in a long time. Probably around the time I was at that rest stop last. I have stopped there a few times, but it was years ago when it was open. Now, when I go by it, I just wonder why it closed and wish it were open again. Thanks for showing us how it looks now.

@mitteradams1216 17 дней назад

Thanks yea it is beautiful

@doriscarroll8087 8 месяцев назад

It is beautiful

@arlajohnsonbauer9729 8 месяцев назад

Bigfoot lives there now

@wingsandbeaksbirder2312 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing! 😊

@ExploringAlabama 8 месяцев назад

You are so welcome!

@danamaddox9886 2 месяца назад

❤😊❤my father, mother, aka my hole family is from Alabama but me I'm Florida been there so many times I can see and smell it, it nothing but love.

@MetalnMatt 8 месяцев назад

I'd love to metal detect that place. Cool video. Take care.

@nitamay3534 2 месяца назад

I'm from lower Alabama and I've never heard of the story you're telling, or I've just forgotten it.

@lilbitofsouthernspirit7788 2 месяца назад

Me either

@teresathetreasurehunter 8 месяцев назад

You crack me up

@RandolphRelicRecovery 8 месяцев назад

Bet it was nice back in the day.

@ExploringAlabama 8 месяцев назад

It was!

@52579PeteJr 8 месяцев назад

Would it be legal to metal detect here? I mean it’s not like a person could do much more damage to it than there already is…

@janmartin9276 2 месяца назад

A new crater exhibit has opened in downtown Wetumpka. The actual crater is located on Harrogate Springs Rd. This rest stop has been closed for many years. It belongs to the state. That area was outside the city limits until sometime in the last ten years when a strip of Hwy 231 South of town was annexed to include many businesses that had opened.

@loriyates6617 Месяц назад

I used to live there and I wouldn't walk under the tree moss. It has chiggers in it and I got caught being cuddling with hubby before we were married by those things!! Love your content 💙

@fontaineyah 8 месяцев назад

Just dont park in Heather spot at coaches corner and youll be okay

@fontaineyah 8 месяцев назад

Also, I'ma need that case quarter back.

@ExploringAlabama 8 месяцев назад

lol I'll bring it back...

@jamesgullo8240 Месяц назад

@@fontaineyah I heard that term 45 years ago at the Buick deal I worked at.

@rickyhurtt5568 3 месяца назад

I'd imagine that is owned and was operated by the state being it's on the side of Al 231

@oldcars46 8 месяцев назад

It could have been closed because of vandalism and they could afford to keep it up and fixed the things that were vandalized

@barneshomestead1240 8 месяцев назад

I recall stopping there & yep...it's all about funding....no $$$

@tomstone6247 8 месяцев назад

They shut it down because of the drug activity and prostitution going on there , regular folks couldn't use the rest area .

@ExploringAlabama 8 месяцев назад

That stinks. It’s a tiny place, they could post one cop there?

@jamesgullo8240 Месяц назад

For real? Holy cow.

@rickyhurtt5568 3 месяца назад

I live about 10 mins from it and have no idea why it's closed. Being were in Al they were probably worried people were going up there and having fun. That's a big no no in the Bible belt

@r.anderson7168 8 месяцев назад

You should metal detect that place. It would make a great video.

@YouTubeWowzer 8 месяцев назад

Dude…holler at me when you come around wetu….i have the hook up on some major swish spots

@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS 8 месяцев назад

i explored alot fo abandoned places in Alabama but i never uploaded it due to the states scary tresppassing laws

@oldbamadirt2148 8 месяцев назад

You Have To Keep a Gard 24/7 Now See What Thay Did.

@CiscoWes 3 месяца назад

“Case quarter” 😂

@mike2400 8 месяцев назад

I could not locate that old rest stop on google earth. I am sure its there. I saw the marker for the location for the crater on the west side of the road. I guess I'll have to drive through there from Arizona some day. Thanks for the nice video.

@ExploringAlabama 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@gunslinger9560 Месяц назад

I always know where something is when I know where it is,except one time I was in an accident and injured my head and then I didn't know where anything was that I knew where it was

@wintuwarrior5266 8 месяцев назад

E.A. did you go across the bridge, it's a fabulous old bridge

@roblewis6880 2 месяца назад

Bridge was demolished several years ago when they built the new concrete bridge. It was in bad shape and very narrow. Cool looking though!

@Railride701 2 месяца назад

The moss suficates trees, houses red bugs. 👈

@teresathetreasurehunter 8 месяцев назад

Where is your detector??

@ExploringAlabama 8 месяцев назад

I only had a few minutes

@davidhouston1941 2 месяца назад

I live in Montgomery and work at aldot ,dot gave this to Wetumpka years ago..its sad

@ExploringAlabama 2 месяца назад

It could still be a cool spot I think. Thanks for watching

@darrylkinslow3357 8 месяцев назад

As a homeless person, if I came across this place, I'd immediately move in. Except that it's obviously still being mowed, so someone's taking care of it. All the trash laying around would be tossed in the trash bin and I'd fix up the building with the wood panel walls. Too bad, there's nothing like this anywhere near where I am. I'm trying to find it on Google Earth, can't see any sign of it anywhere near where it says the impact crater is. The ones I can find nearby, are all similar, but all are in use as of 2023 Google Earth imagery. What I find strange is that South Wetumpka is North of Wetumpka, lol. Yes, someone was there just a month ago making a video, and even before that. As of 2007, all of the rest stops along Highway 231 are to be permanently closed. I might be seeing this particular rest stop, but it doesn't look the same at all from the highway. Looks abandoned. It's on the 231, which is also labeled as the 9 and the 53. The water you saw, would be an old quarry, visible on Google Earth. The marker for the Wetupka crater, is up North, actually in Wetumpka. Street view confirmed, that is the rest stop you were at. For those who want to see, the coordinates are: 32°28'40.32"N, 86°11'54.09"W.

@decembergem4598 8 месяцев назад

Vandalism makes me so upset. 🤬

@melodyhart1331 2 месяца назад

It makes no sense as to how all that brick and buildings allow to go to rot !

@jaylove130 8 месяцев назад

What a different video this would of possibly been had the blue people seen you. Be more careful cause your common sense is saying you’re not a criminal. Which I would agree with. Thanks

@jerryjones5472 3 месяца назад

It was closed down because Wetumpka grew so fast.

@allencrockett3681 7 месяцев назад

Ok next time look directly across the street ( North Bound 231 ). You can see very large boulders that are IMPACTITE that as ground froze they have rolled out of the hillside. There are approximate 4 foot deep tubes where the impactite boulders from astrobleme like cannon balls were driven into the bluff. The crater commision perhaps 20 years ago took over the abandoned rest area. It is an incredible scenic overlook. It awaits it's 3rd round of funding. Wetumpka is the mecca of old stuff. Keep heading South lol or hit me up and I will let you know the spots as they are special... As one who is blessed with abundant sarcasm I genuinely appreciate your world view.

@ExploringAlabama 7 месяцев назад

lol sounds like a plan!

@rickyhurtt5568 3 месяца назад

How old are you? Like 10

@gator3g Месяц назад

One of the main reasons it was shut down back in the 90s was because it got frequented by gay men that “used” the bathroom together.

@gunslinger9560 Месяц назад

They closed it in 2001 to support the war in Afghanistan effort, lots of state parks where

@clarkabrpi3428 8 месяцев назад

That quarter belongs to me I think...

@clarkabrpi3428 8 месяцев назад

The state gave that rest stop to the city and the city figured it was too costly to repair it, and the costs for the up-keep would be too costly. I always thought it could be converted to a tourist stop for the crater impact area and hiking trail. Maybe even a tent/RV campsite.

@stanleyhape8427 2 месяца назад

Could be several legit reasons. . Water/sewage is too old and costly to repair. Buildings need costly repair . Not used enough to maintain. Over used by squatters , junkies and bathroom hookups. Could be a lot of valid reasons.

@duaneherbst1877 Месяц назад

When u were a child

@Shardswords 2 месяца назад

Sad how dudes can’t help themselves commenting on women. Also, this is def an interesting place that it’d be fun to learn some actual history about

@deweyabbott5310 2 месяца назад

why do keep saying miniature human just say kid of child an 5 or six years ago unles your only 10 now

@ExploringAlabama Месяц назад

I’m 12, be nice

@robertstultz2260 Месяц назад

The highway department is not what it used to be!! Used to be a guard at the rest stops and you felt safe to stop anytime!!! Not any in any state are really safe anymore!!! Id just as soon stop and run in the woods to pee!!!