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Title Rocky Knob Trail Ldge.
Date June 9, 1941
Description Image shows the side of the Rocky Knob Trail Lodge under construction. The image shows the side of the lodge, with a ladder propped against it and beams of a roof extending past the exterior wall. Wood and other construction items appear on the ground to the right of the building, and a worker appears on the roof facing the camera. Image taken by Kenneth C. McCarter on June 9, 1941. Image taken near milepost 168 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, on the Rocky Knob Trail in Floyd County, Va.
Location Location Name: Milepost 168
Parkway Milepost: 168.0
Latitude: 36.822371
Longitude: -80.342472
Creator Individual Kenneth McCarter
Tags Construction
Floyd County (Va.)
Photographs
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Shelters
Trails
Wood
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway