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Title View from Highest Point in Cumberland Knob
Date August 1936
Description View from the highest point at Cumberland Knob, off of milepost 217, section 2A of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by A.S. Burns in August 1936.
Location Location Name: Cumberland Knob
Parkway Milepost: 217.5
Latitude: 36.55013
Longitude: -80.90869
Creator Individual A.S. Burns
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
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Cumberland Knob (N.C.)
Cumberland Knob Recreation Area (N.C.)
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Rocks
Trees
Wildlife
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway