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Title Rocky Knob Trail
Date June 5, 1941
Description Image shows The Rocky Knob Trail Lodge under construction. A pile of rocks stands in the foreground, in the bottom right corner of the photograph. Workers can be seen working on a wooden structure with four rectangular windows and a double door entrance at the front end. Trees stand behind the building. The building would become the Rocky Knob Trail Lodge. Image taken by Kenneth C. McCarter on June 5, 1941. Image taken near milepost 168 of the Blue Ridge Parkway and 676f, along the Rocky Knob Trail in Floyd County, Va.
Location Location Name: Milepost 168
Parkway Milepost: 168.0
Latitude: 36.822371
Longitude: -80.342472
Creator Individual Kenneth McCarter
Tags Construction
Floyd County (Va.)
People
Photographs
Rocks
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Shelters
Trails
Wood
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway