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Title Parkway through Rocky Knob Park
Title Note Record
Date May 1959
Description Image shows a view of the finished Blue Ridge Parkway in Rocky Knob Park. The road winds from the left around the right side of the photograph. A car appears driving toward the camera around the curve in the road. A wooden rail fence stands on the right side of the road. There are trees on both sides of the road. Image taken by Jack Boucher in May of 1959. Image taken near milepost 168.8 of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Milepost 168
Parkway Milepost: 168.0
Latitude: 36.822371
Longitude: -80.342472
Creator Individual Jack E. Boucher
Tags Automobiles
Fences
Floyd County (Va.)
Patrick County (Va.)
Photographs
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Trees
View of road
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway