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Title View from proposed lodge site
Title Note Looking south toward Buffalo Mountain
Date August 1936
Description Image shows the view from a proposed lodge site, looking south toward Buffalo Mountain in Rocky Knob Park. There is an open grass-covered pasture with scattered dead trees in the foreground. In the distance there are more hills covered in pastures with fences and trees. Image taken by Albert S. Burns in August 1936. Image taken near milepost 168.5 of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Rocky Knob Park, in Floyd County, Va.
Location Location Name: Milepost 168
Parkway Milepost: 168.0
Latitude: 36.822371
Longitude: -80.342472
Creator Individual Albert S. Burns
Tags Dead trees
Floyd County (Va.)
Pastures
Photographs
Proposed sites
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Scenic overlooks
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway