Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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Title | Sharp Top |
Date | 1952 |
Description | This image shows the summit of Sharp Top Mountain, near Peaks of Otter and milepost 86 in section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. People are shown on a walkway around the large boulders at the top of the peak. A mountain view is barely visible in the distance. This photograph was taken in 1952 by Abbie Rowe.
An interpretive sign in the foreground reads: SHARP TOP MOUNTAIN / ELEVATION 3875 / SHARP TOP, FAMOUS OBSERVATION POINT, WAS / ONCE THOUGHT TO BE VIRGINIA'S HIGHEST PEAK. / FROM IT CAME THE VIRGINIA STONE IN THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT WHICH IS INSCRIBED / "FROM OTTER'S SUMMIT, VIRGINIA'S LOFTIEST / PEAK, TO CROWN A MONUMENT TO VIRGINIA'S NOBLEST SON." / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE |
Location |
Location Name: Sharp Top Mountain (Va.) Parkway Milepost: 85.9
Latitude: 37.433333
Longitude: -79.604722 |
Creator Individual | Abbie Rowe |
Tags |
Bedford County (Va.)
Boulders Mountain People Photographs Rocks Sharp Top Mountain (Va.) Signs and signboards |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |