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Title The very top of Sharp Top
Title Note 1926 or 1927
Date 1920s
Description Image shows the large boulders at the summit of Sharp Top Mountain, one of the Peaks of Otter. There is a wooden staircase leading up to small platform near the pinnacle, and then another smaller staircase leading higher. Image was taken near milepost 85.9 and Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken in 1926 or 1927.
Location Location Name: Sharp Top Mountain (Va.)
Parkway Milepost: 85.9
Latitude: 37.433333
Longitude: -79.604722
Creator Individual Unknown
Tags Bedford County (Va.)
Boulders
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
Photographs
Sharp Top Mountain (Va.)
Staircases
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway