Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
About this Image
| Title | Chestnut Cove |
| Date | June 1959 |
| Description | Photograph of the Blue Ridge Parkway at Milepost 398.3 near the Chestnut Cove Parking Overlook. Taken by Jack E. Boucher in June 1959. |
| Commentary | Chestnut Cove sits at an altitude of 3,035 feet above sea level. Chestnut trees once flourished in this area, but were nearly wiped out by a fungus blight in the 1930s. |
| Location |
Location Name: Milepost 398 Parkway Milepost: 398.0 Latitude: 35.462672 Longitude: -82.633147 |
| Creator Individual | Jack E. Boucher |
| Creator Organization | National Park Service—Blue Ridge Parkway |
| Tags |
Buncombe County (N.C.)
Chestnut Cove (N.C.) Landscape Photographs Scenery |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
