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Title View looking south on Parkway in Rocky Knob Park
Date 1940
Description Image shows a view of the Blue Ridge Parkway, looking toward south in Rocky Knob Park. The finished road curves around from the right to the left side of the photograph, and back to the right. There is open pasture land on both sides of the road, and some trees in the distance and to the right side of the road. Image taken by J.E.V. in 1940. Image taken in Rocky Knob Park in Floyd County, Va., at milepost 168.5 of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Milepost 168
Parkway Milepost: 168.0
Latitude: 36.822371
Longitude: -80.342472
Creator Individual J.E.V.
Tags Floyd County (Va.)
Graded road
Pastures
Photographs
Rocky Knob (Va.)
View of road
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway