Explore the Meteor-Created Appalachian Passageway with 85 Miles of Trails and Stunning Stargazing
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, located where Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet, is a 14,000-acre destination that forges a passageway through the Appalachian Mountains. Forming a natural corridor between the mountains, it was used first by migrating animals, then by Native Americans, who used the path for centuries for trade. It was then used by settlers — most famously by Daniel Boone — who utilized the gap on their journey to settle the West.