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Peaks of Otter
Marker detail: Sharp Top summit in the early 1900s
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| Near Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 85.6) at Peaks Road (Virginia Route 43). |
| | By the mid-1800s, the village of Mons, which is Latin for mountain, had grown up around the Peaks of Otter. There was a church, a school, two mills, and a hotel. The small community provided services to tourists who had discovered the Peaks of Otter . . . — — Map (db m134491) HM |
| On Blue Ridge Parkway, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Straight ahead are SharpTop Mountain and Flat Top Mountain. They are two of the three prominent summits that surround the Peaks of Otter area, approximately 6.5 miles distant. No one knows for certain why the area is called the Peaks of Otter. The . . . — — Map (db m95955) HM |
| Near Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 86), 0.6 miles Peaks Road (Virginia Route 43). |
| | Built in the early 1800's, this simple mountain cabin was operated as an inn, or "ordinary", from about 1830 until about 1850. Here the widowed Polly Woods catered to the "ordinary" needs of the weary mountain traveler -- a hot meal, a comfortable . . . — — Map (db m9655) HM |
| Near Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 86), 0.4 miles north of Peaks Road (Route 43). |
| | The first resident landscape architect and planner of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was his vision, imagination, and creative talents in the Parkway's formative stages that made the Blue Ridge Parkway unique. — — Map (db m9743) HM |
Apr. 28, 2024