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Title Azalea Bloom
Title Note Negative 7254
Date 1940
Description Road cutting through azalea bushes at Cumberland Knob, at mileposts 217-229.5 and section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by "JEV" in 1940.
Location Location Name: Cumberland Knob
Parkway Milepost: 217.5
Latitude: 36.55013
Longitude: -80.90869
Creator Individual J.E.V.
Tags Access roads
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Landscape
Photographs
Roads
Scenery
Scenic overlooks
Trees
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway