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 in the Appalachian Mountains.
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
Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
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Cumberland Gap is a town in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 494 at the 2010 census, and estimated to be 490 in 2019. The town is located below the Cumberland Gap, a historic mountain pass for which is the town's namesake, and inside of the boundaries of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
Cumberland Gap, as viewed from the Pinnacle Overlook