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 Tennessee. At an elevation of 1,631 feet (497 m) above sea level, it is famous in American colonial history for its role as a key passageway through the lower central Appalachians.
Cumberland Mountains ridge line looking southwest with Tennessee on the left and Kentucky on the right from Cumberland Gap.
Long used by Native American nations, the Cumberland Gap was brought to the attention of settlers in 1750 by Thomas Walker, a Virginia physician and explorer. The path was used by a team of frontiersmen led by Daniel Boone, making it accessible to pioneers who used it to journey into the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee. An important part of the Wilderness Road, it is now part of the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
^"Cumberland Gap". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
The CumberlandGap is a pass in the eastern United States through the long ridge of the Cumberland Mountains, within the Appalachian Mountains and near...
The CumberlandGap Tunnel is a dual-bore, four lane vehicular tunnel that carries U.S. Route 25E under CumberlandGap National Historical Park near the...
The CumberlandGap National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at the border between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia...
Battle of the CumberlandGap may refer to: Battle of the CumberlandGap (1862) Battle of the CumberlandGap (1863) This disambiguation page lists articles...
through the CumberlandGap into southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee, the other (more northern route) is sometimes called the "Cumberland Road" because...
Great Valley, and traversing the Cumberland Plateau in spreading gorges (water gaps), escape by way of the Cumberland River and the Tennessee River rivers...
of all-purpose road on Telford's original alignment, the so-called "CumberlandGap" between Carlisle and Metal Bridge, was replaced by a motorway in 2008...
interrupted by several gaps, including CumberlandGap, Big Creek Gap between Ivydell and LaFollette, Tennessee, Pennington Gap near Pennington Gap, Virginia, and...
Cumberland Railway SOU 1902 1944 Southern Railway Cumberland and Big Stone Gaps Railroad L&N 1889 1900 Louisville and Nashville Railroad Cumberland Plateau...
Thirteen Colonies. In 1775, Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the CumberlandGap and into Kentucky, in the face of resistance from American Indians,...
hired by Henderson to establish the Wilderness Road going through the CumberlandGap and into southeastern Kentucky to facilitate settlement. A governmental...
long CumberlandGap consists of four geologic features: the Yellow Creek valley, the natural gap in the Cumberland Mountain ridge, the eroded gap in Pine...
Kentucky. In late 1861, Confederate Brig. Gen. Felix Zollicoffer guarded CumberlandGap, the eastern end of a defensive line extending from Columbus, Kentucky...
Global Information
US 25E
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
United States
