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Title View of proposed swimming pool area
Title Note Taken from point one-half way up hill toward proposed concessions area, looking south
Date August 1936
Description Image shows the view from a proposed concessions area in Rocky Knob Park, and looks over a proposed swimming pool site. A wooden rail fence is visible against small trees and shrubbery in the foreground. The view includes a grassy area with scattered trees and shrubbery, and a hill in the background with more pastures and trees. Image taken by Albert S. Burns in August of 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 Fences
Floyd County (Va.)
Photographs
Proposed sites
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway