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Title Mile post for park areas
Date June 2, 1940
Description Mile post for park areas. This mile post is located in Doughton Park on milepost 238, section 2C on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The mile post reads "233 miles to Great Smokies Park." Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by Edward H. Abbuehl on June 2, 1940.
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 Park (N.C.)
Doughton Park (N.C.)
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)
Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
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Signs and signboards
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway