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Title Easel "Catoctin Greenstone"
Date 1970s
Description Photograph of an informational easel box located near the Rockpoint overlook at milepost 10.4, section 1C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The easel box provides information on Catoctin greenstone and displays samples of the rock. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. The date associated with the photograph, August 1936, is incorrect. The image was taken by Robert G. Bruce, and was likely taken in the late 1960s or 1970s.
Location Location Name: Milepost 10
Parkway Milepost: 10.0
Latitude: 37.941067
Longitude: -78.943646
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Augusta County (Va.)
Education
Interpretive development
Photographs
Rocks
Signs and signboards
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway