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Title Humpback Rocks
Date 1952
Description Image shows a view of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the surrounding land. There is an automobile traveling along the roadway, and there is a fence running along one side of the road. Humpback Rocks is visible in the background of the image. The image was taken in Section 1B of the Blue Ridge Parkway, at the proposed site of the Humpback Rocks Visitor Center. Image taken by Sam P. Weems in 1952.
Location Location Name: Section 1B
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 38.003018
Longitude: -78.888529
Creator Individual Sam P. Weems
Tags Augusta County (Va.)
Automobiles
Fences
Humpback Rocks (Va.)
Photographs
View of road
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway