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Title View from proposed lodge site
Title Note Looking across park area to Rocky Knob
Date August 1936
Description Image shows a view from a proposed lodge site, looking across the park area toward Rocky Knob. In the foreground is a grass-covered hill top with rocks jutting out of the ground. Beyond this is a scenic view of the park and Rocky Knob. Image taken by Albert S. Burns in August of 1936. Image taken near milepost 168.5 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Rocky Knob Park in Floyd County, Va.
Location Location Name: Milepost 168
Parkway Milepost: 168.0
Latitude: 36.822371
Longitude: -80.342472
Creator Individual Albert S. Burns
Tags Floyd County (Va.)
Photographs
Proposed sites
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Scenic overlooks
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway