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Title View south-west toward Mason's Knob from proposed center line of Parkway
Title Note between Mason's Knob and Buck Mountain
Date August 1936
Description This image was taken from the proposed center line of the Blue Ridge Parkway looking southwest toward Mason's Knob, near milepost 126.2 in section 1N. Cleared farm fields are visible beyond the fencing in the foreground. The photograph was taken in August 1936 by Albert S. Burns.
Location Location Name: Milepost 126
Parkway Milepost: 126.0
Latitude: 37.195278
Longitude: -80.0275
Creator Individual Albert S. Burns
Tags Farming
Landscape
Mason's Knob (Va.)
Photographs
Proposed sites
Roanoke County (Va.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway