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Title Lodge Parking Area showing bottleneck at west end - Time: 1:20 p.m.
Title Note Pictures of congestion
Date October 17, 1965
Description Image shows the parking area of the Peaks of Otter Restaurant at the Peaks of Otter Lodge. The parking area is full of automobiles, and there are cars parked in the grass near the parking area as well. The image was taken near the entrance to the Peaks of Otter Lodge parking area, near milepost 85.6 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken by David L. Tomlinson on October 17, 1965.
Location Location Name: Peaks of Otter Lodge (Va.)
Parkway Milepost: 85.6
Latitude: 37.442856
Longitude: -79.603603
Creator Individual David L. Tomlinson
Tags Automobile parking
Automobiles
Bedford County (Va.)
National park concessions
Park lodging facilities
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
Photographs
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway