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Title Parking area development in gap
Date April 5, 1936
Description This photograph shows the development of the Blue Ridge Parkway parking overlook at Whites Gap, near milepost 44 in section 1F. The trees are bare and an automobile is headed up the ridge in the mid-ground. The photograph was taken on April 5, 1936 by Edward H. Abbuehl.
Location Location Name: Whites Gap Overlook
Parkway Milepost: 44.4
Latitude: 37.75597
Longitude: -79.29309
Creator Individual Edward H. Abbuehl
Tags Amherst County (Va.)
Automobile parking
Automobiles
Photographs
Whites Gap Overlook (Va.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway