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Title Sign
Date June 1971
Description Image shows a wooden sign that reads "Warning - Do not climb - People have fallen to their deaths here when loose rock gave way under them." It sits at the side of the road beneath a steep rocky face. Image taken by Robert G. Bruce in June of 1971. Image taken near milepost 168 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in the Rocky Knob District in Floyd County, Va.
Location Location Name: Rocky Knob (Va.)
Parkway Milepost: 168.2
Latitude: 36.819444
Longitude: -80.342222
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Photographs
Rocks
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Signs and signboards
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway