During the autumn bird migration the gap is a favored spot for birdwatchers to count and study the many raptors that follow the ridge on their way south.

The gap connects the northern Virginia piedmont with the lower Shenandoah Valley and serves as a main thoroughfare between the two regions.

The gap has been a major thoroughfare between the Piedmont and the Shenandoah Valley since before the European colonization of the area.

Native Americans originally cut a trail through the gap that continued to be used by white settlers.

The Snickers Gap turnpike was eventually made into Virginia State Route 7, and the toll was dropped.