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Title Looking across Bluff Park toward Little Grandfather Mountain
Date October 13, 1937
Description Scenic view looking across Bluff Park toward Little Grandfather Mountain at station 90 on milepost 238 in section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by Edward H. Abbeuhl, October 13, 1937.
Commentary Grandfather Mountain is the highest peak in the Southeast and one of the oldest mountains in the United States.
Location Location Name: Milepost 238
Parkway Milepost: 238.0
Latitude: 36.422705
Longitude: -81.138681
Creator Individual Edward H. Abbuehl
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Bluff District (N.C.)
Bluff Park (N.C.)
Bluffs
Doughton Park (N.C.)
Grandfather Mountain (N.C.)
Photographs
Scenery
Scenic overlooks
The Bluffs (N.C.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway