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Title Sharp Top Mtn. Shelter
Date June 1973
Description Image shows the exterior of a stone shelter. There are three openings, likely a door and two windows, visible on one wall of the shelter. There is a pathway in front of the shelter, and there are large boulders around the shelter. The image was taken on Sharp Top Mountain, one of the Peaks of Otter, near milepost 85.9 and Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image was taken by F. A. Ketterson, Jr. in June 1973.
Location Location Name: Sharp Top Mountain (Va.)
Parkway Milepost: 85.9
Latitude: 37.433333
Longitude: -79.604722
Creator Individual F.A. Ketterson, Jr.
Tags Bedford County (Va.)
Boulders
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
Photographs
Sharp Top Mountain (Va.)
Shelters
Stonemasonry
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway