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Title Topographic and Land Sketch, Humpback Rocks, Augusta Co, VA, nd
Title Note Maximum and Minimum Areas Necessary for Scenic Control at Proposed Recreation and Service Development
Description The Topographic and Land Sketch shows "maximum and minimum areas necessary for scenic control at proposed recreation and service development" at the site of Humpback Rocks in Augusta Co., Va. The creator and date of the map are unknown. Black inks shows the existing boundaries of land owned by the U.S. National Forest Service, by Mrs. Bernard McCrae, and by the Rockfish Valley Land Corporation. Green pencil identifies where proposed scenic areas and a central recreational area would be located, and notes the boundaries of maximimum and minimum sections of land needed for development of the scenic and recreation areas. Humpback Rocks is labeled at the bottom point of the minimum area border. A dotted line in red pencil running down the center of the map is labeled as the Shenandoah-Great Smoky Mountains National Parkway.
Location Location Name: Section 1C
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 37.941067
Longitude: -78.943646
Tags Virginia
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