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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.

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