Buena Vista overlook [04]
![Buena Vista overlook [04]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717232940-216c7ed1-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Buena Vista overlook [04] (57743 visits) Buena Vista overlook, at milepost 46 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Sable at House Mountain overlook [01]
![Sable at House Mountain overlook [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/15/20240715141200-4c36b7bf-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Sable at House Mountain overlook [01] (46544 visits) My 2004 Mercury Sable wagon parked at the House Mountain overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Sable at House Mountain overlook [03]
![Sable at House Mountain overlook [03]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/15/20240715141155-0b59ff8d-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Sable at House Mountain overlook [03] (44894 visits) My 2004 Mercury Sable wagon parked at the House Mountain overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Sable at House Mountain overlook [02]
![Sable at House Mountain overlook [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/15/20240715141204-5a5c8673-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Sable at House Mountain overlook [02] (44308 visits) My 2004 Mercury Sable wagon parked at the House Mountain overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [04]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [04]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231804-1d3d8627-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [04] (43634 visits) Candy vending machines at the now-defunct Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain in Virginia....")
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, October 2020
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [03]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [03]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231808-a2be3985-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [03] (12726 visits) Message sign for the now-defunct Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain in Virginia. The Aft...")
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [09]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [09]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111637-f8c06843-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [09] (11993 visits) Empty sign frame at the former Howard Johnson's restaurant near Rockfish Gap in Augusta County, Virg...")
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [08]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [08]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111729-717d778f-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [08] (11993 visits) Base of the cupola on the former Howard Johnson's restaurant near Rockfish Gap in Augusta County, Vi...")
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [04]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [04]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102322-b477993b-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [04] (11705 visits) Former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fifty years, ope...")
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Rice Mountain overlook
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House Mountain overlook [01]
![House Mountain overlook [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717232946-d7c022a5-cu_s9999x250.jpg "House Mountain overlook [01] (11200 visits) House Mountain overlook, at milepost 49.3 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
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House Mountain overlook [02]
![House Mountain overlook [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717232951-3ccb44ee-cu_s9999x250.jpg "House Mountain overlook [02] (11199 visits) House Mountain overlook, at milepost 49.3 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
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View from Afton Overlook [02]
![View from Afton Overlook [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111253-aaafa3ed-cu_s9999x250.jpg "View from Afton Overlook [02] (11166 visits) View from Afton Overlook, the first overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway when traveling southbound, im...")
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View from Afton Overlook [01]
![View from Afton Overlook [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111401-128c20ce-cu_s9999x250.jpg "View from Afton Overlook [01] (11121 visits) View from Afton Overlook, the first overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway when traveling southbound, im...")
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View from Afton Overlook [03]
![View from Afton Overlook [03]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111315-c554fd25-cu_s9999x250.jpg "View from Afton Overlook [03] (11053 visits) View from Afton Overlook, the first overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway when traveling southbound, im...")
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [01]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231818-82bc5da0-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [01] (10049 visits) Sign frame for the now-defunct Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain in Virginia. The Afton...")
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Cluster of defunct businesses on Afton Mountain
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [02]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231812-8186c8e4-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [02] (9762 visits) The now-defunct Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain in Virginia. The Afton Mountain locat...")
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"WEL COME" at Afton Howard Johnson's
!["WEL COME" at Afton Howard Johnson's](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102336-928d6c49-cu_s9999x250.jpg "\"WEL COME\" at Afton Howard Johnson's (9598 visits) Message sign for the Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain in Virginia, still saying "W...")
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [06]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [06]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102325-bdd4c7a2-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [06] (9574 visits) Former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fifty years, ope...")
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [05]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [05]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/16/20240716231800-43dd8433-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [05] (9506 visits) The now-defunct Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain in Virginia. The Afton Mountain locat...")
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [05]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [05]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102324-40068c4d-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [05] (9455 visits) Former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fifty years, ope...")
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View, House Mountain
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Sign for Howard Johnson's Restaurant
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [03]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [03]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102337-d955feaf-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [03] (9209 visits) Former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fifty years, ope...")
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [02]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102338-2d9efa1f-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [02] (9126 visits) Cupola on the former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fi...")
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [01]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714102327-9a1b265f-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [01] (9111 visits) Former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fifty years, ope...")
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View from House Mountain overlook
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Sable at Purgatory Mountain overlook [02]
![Sable at Purgatory Mountain overlook [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/15/20240715141156-1bb2610c-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Sable at Purgatory Mountain overlook [02] (8617 visits) My 2004 Mercury Sable wagon parked at the Purgatory Mountain overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Sable at Purgatory Mountain overlook [01]
![Sable at Purgatory Mountain overlook [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/15/20240715141214-668b7000-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Sable at Purgatory Mountain overlook [01] (8291 visits) My 2004 Mercury Sable wagon parked at the Purgatory Mountain overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 7
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View of the Blue Ridge Parkway from Humpback Rock
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Melissa takes a selfie
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View from Humpback Rock [04]
![View from Humpback Rock [04]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717102130-fd4ad5b7-cu_s9999x250.jpg "View from Humpback Rock [04] (6450 visits) View of the Shenandoah Valley from Humpback Rock in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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View from Humpback Rock [01]
![View from Humpback Rock [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717102123-a6703547-cu_s9999x250.jpg "View from Humpback Rock [01] (5161 visits) View of the Shenandoah Valley from Humpback Rock in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [07]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [07]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714171044-4b9fd584-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [07] (4991 visits) Former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fifty years, ope...")
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Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [08]
![Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [08]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714171047-09b2c041-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Former Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain [08] (4858 visits) Cupola on the former Howard Johnson's restaurant on Afton Mountain. This restaurant operated for fi...")
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Trail blaze on Humpback Rock trail
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Woman on Humpback Rock
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Mercury Sable with ground lighting illuminated [02]
![Mercury Sable with ground lighting illuminated [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/15/20240715141715-42969fcc-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Mercury Sable with ground lighting illuminated [02] (3873 visits) My 2004 Mercury Sable wagon with the ground-facing lights and the interior lights illuminated on the...")
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Mercury Sable with ground lighting illuminated [01]
![Mercury Sable with ground lighting illuminated [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/15/20240715141712-6e4690ee-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Mercury Sable with ground lighting illuminated [01] (3851 visits) My 2004 Mercury Sable wagon with the ground-facing lights and the interior lights illuminated on the...")
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [06]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [06]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111631-983184af-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [06] (3851 visits) Main entrance doors at the former Howard Johnson's restaurant near Rockfish Gap in Augusta County, V...")
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [05]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [05]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111545-6e45eb1b-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [05] (3801 visits) Main entrance doors at the former Howard Johnson's restaurant near Rockfish Gap in Augusta County, V...")
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [07]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [07]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111707-20f8ab3e-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [07] (3782 visits) Former Howard Johnson's restaurant near Rockfish Gap in Augusta County, Virginia. This restaurant o...")
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Carving on Humpback Rock [01]
![Carving on Humpback Rock [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717102112-6ac490ca-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Carving on Humpback Rock [01] (3771 visits) Carving in the stone by past visitors to Humpback Rock.
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View from Humpback Rock [03]
![View from Humpback Rock [03]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717102128-98d75dee-cu_s9999x250.jpg "View from Humpback Rock [03] (3751 visits) View of the Shenandoah Valley from Humpback Rock in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Pine needles
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Full moon over Afton Overlook [02]
![Full moon over Afton Overlook [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714171102-67a435ab-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Full moon over Afton Overlook [02] (3723 visits) Long exposure photo taken from Afton Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway under a full moon. I was al...")
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [03]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [03]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111607-3c9c7a7b-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [03] (3722 visits) Message sign at the former Howard Johnson's restaurant near Rockfish Gap in Augusta County, Virginia...")
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [04]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [04]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111613-eba598a3-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [04] (3709 visits) Message sign at the former Howard Johnson's restaurant near Rockfish Gap in Augusta County, Virginia...")
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [01]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111551-9063ca71-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [01] (3690 visits) Former Howard Johnson's restaurant near Rockfish Gap in Augusta County, Virginia. This restaurant o...")
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Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [02]
![Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/20/20240720111700-c177ba0b-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Howard Johnson's on Afton Mountain, September 2022 [02] (3660 visits) Message sign at the former Howard Johnson's restaurant near Rockfish Gap in Augusta County, Virginia...")
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Roanoke River overlook
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Sign marking Buena Vista
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Full moon over Afton Overlook [01]
![Full moon over Afton Overlook [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/14/20240714171103-4f67ea32-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Full moon over Afton Overlook [01] (3559 visits) Long exposure photo taken from Afton Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway under a full moon. I was al...")
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Elyse looks out of a Honda HR-V
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Otter Lake [03]
![Otter Lake [03]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717233001-54629e8c-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Otter Lake [03] (3500 visits) Otter Lake, a seven-acre manmade lake adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 63 in Amherst C...")
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Otter Lake [04]
![Otter Lake [04]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717233006-67335ad2-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Otter Lake [04] (3487 visits) Otter Lake, a seven-acre manmade lake adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 63 in Amherst C...")
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Carving on Humpback Rock [02]
![Carving on Humpback Rock [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717102117-a2a35c2e-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Carving on Humpback Rock [02] (3475 visits) Carving in the stone by past visitors to Humpback Rock.
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Roanoke River Bridge
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Grounds of the James River Visitor Center [03]
![Grounds of the James River Visitor Center [03]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717233021-098ce90f-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Grounds of the James River Visitor Center [03] (3431 visits) The grounds around the James River Visitor Center, along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Bedford County, V...")
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Directional sign near Humpback Rock overlook
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Photographer on Humpback Rock
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Tree lichen [01]
![Tree lichen [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717102109-9bbdff0a-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Tree lichen [01] (3385 visits) Lichen on a tree on the Humpback Rock trail on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
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Grounds of the James River Visitor Center [02]
![Grounds of the James River Visitor Center [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717233016-9133178a-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Grounds of the James River Visitor Center [02] (3379 visits) The grounds around the James River Visitor Center, along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Bedford County, V...")
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View from Humpback Rock [02]
![View from Humpback Rock [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717102125-36661549-cu_s9999x250.jpg "View from Humpback Rock [02] (3370 visits) View of the Shenandoah Valley from Humpback Rock in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Grounds of the James River Visitor Center [01]
![Grounds of the James River Visitor Center [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717233011-ba8eb0df-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Grounds of the James River Visitor Center [01] (3367 visits) The grounds around the James River Visitor Center, along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Bedford County, V...")
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Hikers on Humpback Rock [01]
![Hikers on Humpback Rock [01]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717101756-e2366123-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Hikers on Humpback Rock [01] (3366 visits) Hikers sit on top of Humpback Rock, which provides a view of the Shenandoah Valley.
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Carving on Humpback Rock [05]
![Carving on Humpback Rock [05]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717101840-127e4ec6-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Carving on Humpback Rock [05] (3347 visits) Carving in the stone by past visitors to Humpback Rock.
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Graffiti on Humpback Rock
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Hikers on Humpback Rock [02]
![Hikers on Humpback Rock [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717101829-23d3d3cb-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Hikers on Humpback Rock [02] (3296 visits) Hikers sit on top of Humpback Rock, which provides a view of the Shenandoah Valley.
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Humpback Rock, viewed from below
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Carving on Humpback Rock [04]
![Carving on Humpback Rock [04]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717101823-11f81d51-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Carving on Humpback Rock [04] (3274 visits) Carving in the stone by past visitors to Humpback Rock.
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Afton Overlook sign
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Cliff over the Blue Ridge Parkway [02]
![Cliff over the Blue Ridge Parkway [02]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/15/20240715141127-8869144a-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Cliff over the Blue Ridge Parkway [02] (3270 visits) Rock cliffs over the Blue Ridge Parkway, approximately seven miles south of Rockfish Gap.
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Thorns across a rock
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Rockfish Valley Overlook sign
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View, Purgatory Mountain
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Harry Flood Byrd Memorial Bridge [07]
![Harry Flood Byrd Memorial Bridge [07]](../../../../../i/upload/2024/07/17/20240717233031-95eedab2-cu_s9999x250.jpg "Harry Flood Byrd Memorial Bridge [07] (3140 visits) Pedestrian level on the Harry Flood Byrd Memorial Bridge, which carries the Blue Ridge Parkway at mi...")