The Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at the border between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, centered on the Cumberland Gap, a natural break
View from the Pinnacle Overlook toward the southwest, overlooking Fern Lake and the surrounding park, 2009
Winter view from beneath the White Rocks cliffs, in the far eastern portion of the park
Vice President Richard Nixon at the Pinnacle Interpretive Shelter, attending the dedication of the park's Visitor Center (Mission 66 project), July 1959.
The exterior of the visitor center in 2008
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The Cumberland Gap is a pass in the eastern United States through the long ridge of the Cumberland Mountains, within the Appalachian Mountains and near the tripoint of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennesse
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
…National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at the border between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, centered on the Cumberland Gap, a natural break in the Appalachian Mountains. The park lies in parts of Bell and Harlan counties in Kentucky, Claiborne County in Tennessee, and Lee…
The Cumberland Gap viewed from the town of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, in 2025
The gap viewed from Pinnacles Overlook in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in 2025
The saddle of Cumberland Gap along the Wilderness Road
Union soldiers passing through Cumberland Gap, 1863