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Title Ranger Naturalist Gary Tollaksen Nature Walk
Date August 14, 1960
Description Image shows a park ranger and a group of park visitors walking up a stone staircase. The staircase is surrounded by large boulders, a few of which have been marked with graffiti in the form of initials. The image was taken on Sharp Top Mountain, one of the Peaks of Otter, near milepost 85.9 and Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Earl W. Estes, Jr. on August 14, 1960.
Location Location Name: Sharp Top Mountain (Va.)
Parkway Milepost: 85.9
Latitude: 37.433333
Longitude: -79.604722
Creator Individual Earl W. Estes, Jr.
Tags Boulders
Interpretive development
Park rangers
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
People
Photographs
Sharp Top Mountain (Va.)
Staircases
Stonemasonry
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway