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Title Crowded parking conditions during sorghum demonstration
Date September 28, 1958
Description Image of the road and the Mabry Mill parking area near milepost 176.1, section 1T of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The parking lot is filled with cars while there are additional cars parked on the grassy shoulder of the road. Mabry Mill is in the background on the far left. The Mabry Mill lunchroom and craft shop is the building at the head of the parking area. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photographed by D.H. Robinson on September 28, 1958.
Location Location Name: Mabry Mill (Va.)
Parkway Milepost: 176.1
Latitude: 36.75
Longitude: -80.404722
Creator Individual D.H. Robinson
Tags Automobile parking
Floyd County (Va.)
Mabry Mill (Va.)
National park concessions
Photographs
View of road
Water mills
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway