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Title Approaching Rocky Knob Gas Station
Date May 31, 1953
Description Image shows a view of the Blue Ridge Parkway with a wood sign that reads "Gas Ahead." A car is driving away from the camera and a small gas station is visible toward the center of the photograph, to the left of the road. Tall grass and trees grow on both sides of the road. Image taken by Warren D. Lewis in May of 1953. Image taken near Rocky Knob, Va., around milepost 168 of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Rocky Knob (Va.)
Parkway Milepost: 168.2
Latitude: 36.819444
Longitude: -80.342222
Creator Individual Warren D. Lewis
Tags Automobiles
Floyd County (Va.)
Patrick County (Va.)
Photographs
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Service stations
Stop signs
Trees
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway