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Title View from proposed lodge site looking south
Date August 1936
Description Image shows a view from a proposed lodge site in Rocky Knob Park, looking toward south. There is an open grass-covered pasture in the foreground with a wooden rail fence. In the distance is a range of mountains and more pastures with fences. 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 Fences
Floyd County (Va.)
Pastures
Photographs
Proposed sites
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Scenic overlooks
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway