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Title | Chestnut Cove |
Date | June 1959 |
Description | Photograph of the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 398.3 near the Chestnut Cove Parking Overlook. Taken by Jack E. Boucher in June 1959. |
Commentary | Chestnut Cove sits at an altitude of 3,035 feet above sea level. Chestnut trees once flourished in this area, but were nearly wiped out by a fungus blight in the 1930s. |
Location |
Location Name: Milepost 398 Parkway Milepost: 398.0
Latitude: 35.462672
Longitude: -82.633147 |
Creator Individual | Jack E. Boucher |
Creator Organization | National Park Service—Blue Ridge Parkway |
Tags |
Buncombe County (N.C.)
Chestnut Cove (N.C.) Landscape Photographs Scenery |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |