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Title Silver Peak PW
Date 1952
Description This photograph shows the Silver Peak parking pull-off along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The photograph looks west, with a mountain vista and Silver Peak in the background, near milepost 45 in section 1F. An automobile is shown in the background traveling along the parkway, and a stone guard wall is visible on the right. This photograph was taken in 1952 by Abbie Rowe.
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.)
View of road
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway