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Title Flat Top
Date 1952
Description Image shows an automobile traveling along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Peaks of Otter area. The road divides, and in the median there is a sign that reads "Keep Right". Flat Top Mountain is visible in the background of the image. The image was taken near milepost 86 in Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Abbie Rowe in 1952.
Location Location Name: Peaks of Otter
Parkway Milepost: 86.0
Latitude: 37.433333
Longitude: -79.604722
Creator Individual Abbie Rowe
Tags Automobiles
Bedford County (Va.)
Flat Top Mountain (Va.)
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
Photographs
Signs and signboards
View of road
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway