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Title Sharp Top Mtn. Shelter
Date June 1973
Description Image shows a close up of one exterior wall of a stone shelter. There are two windows and one door on the wall, and there is a stone pathway that runs along the ground in front of the wall. A metal waste basket is located near the pathway. A few boulders are visible beyond the wall. The image was taken on Sharp Top Mountain, one of the Peaks of Otter, near milepost 85.9 and Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by F. A. Ketterson, Jr. in June 1973.
Location Location Name: Sharp Top Mountain (Va.)
Parkway Milepost: 85.9
Latitude: 37.433333
Longitude: -79.604722
Creator Individual F.A. Ketterson, Jr.
Tags Bedford County (Va.)
Boulders
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
Photographs
Sharp Top Mountain (Va.)
Shelters
Stonemasonry
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway