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Title Rock Slide on Gillespie Gap
Date February 20, 1955
Description Rock slide blocking road at Gillespie Gap on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters on February 20, 1955.
Location Location Name: Gillespie Gap
Parkway Milepost: 330.9
Latitude: 35.8526233
Longitude: -82.0509476
Tags Gillespie Gap (N.C.)
People
Photographs
Road damage
Roads
Rocks
Rock slides
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway