Chestnut Cove - elev. 3035' (Milepost 398.0)

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	Chestnut Cove - elev. 3035' (Milepost 398.0)

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Overlook Description

Chestnut trees once thrived in this area, but the trees were almost completely wiped out in the 1930s by a fungus blight. Chestnut sprouts can be found near this site trying to make a comeback.

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Excerpt adaptations from Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Volume 1 (by William G. Lord), Blue Ridge Parkway Guide: Volume 2 (by William G. Lord), Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway - 3rd Edition (by Victoria Logue, Frank Logue, and Nicole Blouin). Copyright 1981 by the American Chestnut Foundation. Reprint by permission of Menasha Ridge Press.

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