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| Title | Chestnut Snags |
| Title Note | At Chestoa View |
| Date | October 1975 |
| Description | Chestnut Snags on the Leg Stretcher Trail off of the Chestoa View Overlook on milepost 320 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by C.E. Westveer in October 1975. |
| Commentary | Chestnut Snags are a tree that was hugely populated in the Appalachian region and especially western North Carolina. It is now rapidly diminishing in the Appalachian region due to logging. |
| Location |
Location Name: Chestoa View Parking Area Parkway Milepost: 320.8
Latitude: 35.927458
Longitude: -81.954572 |
| Creator Individual | C.E. Westveer |
| Tags |
Chestoa View (N.C.)
Logging Logging McDowell County (N.C.) Photographs Scenery Scenic overlooks Trails Trees |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
