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Title Wildflower Pilgrimage - 71
Title Note Chestnut Ridge
Date May 1971
Description Image shows a group of visitors standing in a parking lot on Roanoke Mountain in attendance of the 1971 Wildflower Pilgrimage. The visitors are surrounded by cars in the parking lot, and there are trees in the background. Image taken by Robert G. Bruce in May of 1971. Image taken at Roanoke Mountain in the Rocky Knob District, in section 1M of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Roanoke, Va.
Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 37.2709704
Longitude: -79.9414267
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Automobile parking
Automobiles
Flora
People
Photographs
Roanoke County (Va.)
Roanoke (Va.)
Tourism
Trees
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway