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Title Borrow pit obliteration after seeding and mulching
Date June 20, 1948
Description Image shows a site that was previously used as a borrow pit. The borrow pit has been leveled, seeded and mulched. The image was taken near the site of the Peaks of Otter bus terminal, near station 19+75, milepost 86, and Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken on June 20, 1948.
Location Location Name: Peaks of Otter Bus Station and Camp Store
Parkway Milepost: 86.0
Latitude: 37.442989
Longitude: -79.609508
Creator Individual W.D.L.
Tags Bedford County (Va.)
Construction
Landscape restoration
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
Photographs
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway