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Title Craggy Pinnacle Frost
Title Note in Frost from Visitor Center
Date February 1952
Description View of Craggy Pinnacle in Craggy Gardens in the frost, near Pinnacle Gap, milepost 364, section 2P on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by Edward H. Abbuehl in February 1952.
Commentary This photo was taken only two years after section 2P of the Blue Ridge Parkway opened. The Craggy Garden's Visitor Center was not done for another three years after this picture was taken.
Location Location Name: Craggy Pinnacle
Parkway Milepost: 364.0
Latitude: 35.7034481
Longitude: -82.3779016
Creator Individual Edward H. Abbuehl
Tags Buncombe County (N.C.)
Craggy Gardens (N.C.)
Craggy Mountains (N.C.)
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Signs and signboards
Weather
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway