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View Poor Mountain - elev. 2975' (Milepost 135.0)

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Overlook Description

Poor Mountain is seen as the high point on the left horizon. The mountain is named for Major Poore who served under Andrew Lewis in the French and Indian War.
 

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Roanoke, VA  24016
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Econo Lodge Civic Center
308 Orange Ave Nw
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Comfort Inn Smith Mt Lake
950 N Main St
Rocky Mount, VA  24151
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Blacksburg University
1020 Plantation Blvd
Blacksburg, VA  24060
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Quality Inn Tanglewood
3816 Franklin Rd Sw
Roanoke, VA  24014
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Overlook description text adapted from selected works by Menasha Ridge Press.

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