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Title View from proposed lodge site toward Rocky Knob
Date August 1936
Description Image shows a view from a proposed lodge site, looking toward Rocky Knob. In the foreground there is a small amount of grass-covered ground with rocks and dead trees sticking out of it. In the distance is a mountain vista. Image taken by Albert S. Burns in August 1936. Image taken near milepost 168.5 in 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.)
Park lodging facilities
Photographs
Proposed sites
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Scenic overlooks
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway