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Title Silver Peak PW
Date 1952
Description This photograph was taken from the Silver Peak parking pull-off along the Blue Ridge Parkway looking west and shows a mountain vista with Silver Peak in the distance, near milepost 45 in section 1F. Two parked automobiles are visible in the mid-ground. The stone guard wall is visible on the right. The photograph was taken by Abbie Rowe in 1952.
Location Location Name: Silver Peak Overlook
Parkway Milepost: 44.8
Latitude: 37.750556
Longitude: -79.298611
Creator Individual Abbie Rowe
Tags Automobile parking
Automobiles
Guard walls
Photographs
Rockbridge County (Va.)
Scenic overlooks
Silver Peak (Va.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway