Hike the historic Wilderness Road
A topographic trail guide for the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park and Lincoln Memorial University's mountain bike trails. Innovative trail elevation profiles show great loop options using segments of the high-country Ridge Trail.
Before pioneer explorers crossed the Gap, Native Americans used the pass for millennia. Today, hikers can visit the same historic locations along the Wilderness Road.

Hiking MapCumberland Gap NHP Trail Guide

GPS-mapped trails and backcountry campsites. 1:32,000-scale map with 1:12,000-scale insets. 50-foot elevation contours, aerial photography. Full-color maps with GPS grid. Coloful elevation profiles for trails. Carries in 2-mil zipper poly bag for durable use.

NEW for Summer 2009: Pine Mountain Adventure Guide included free. That's two extra books and a map download!

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Cumberland Gap GPS Waypoint Data
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Cumberland Gap Trails

• El Niño to make the mountains colder and drier this winter

• Ridge Trail at Cumberland Gap NHP

• Rainy May: on track to be the wettest May ever

• White Rocks and the Ridge Trail

• Cumberland Gap Trip Planner
Music of the Gap

Listen to Cumberland Gap Banjo
by Rich Kirby, recorded 2003.
(800k .mp3 file)

Listen to Cumberland Gap
by Lee Sexton, recorded 2000.
(1m .mp3 file) for full song visit appalshop.org

Listen to Cumberland Gap
by Morgan Sexton, recorded 1992.
(1m .mp3 file) for full song visit appalshop.org

Cumberland Gap switched hands four times during the Civil War. A old tune called "Cumberland Gap" relates the tale of a soldier stranded at the Gap after the war. He bemoans how the waters can't clean his face and not a dollar could be made. His only way home was to walk.

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First Frontier Audio Driving Tour

First Frontier Audio Driving TourWhen you drive for hours you need the music and people that compliment the geography. This tour is 2.5 hours of audio downloads for your mp3 player. Detailed maps are found in the download.

The tour begins at Cumberland Gap Visitor Center and travels a 220-mile loop. Our website firstfrontier.org has exact information for the tour. The goal of the tour is to stamp your Passport at each of 10 Passport Pit Stops.

NOTE: The Guidebook and Passport are included in the printed map of Cumberland Gap.

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220 megabyte download | 80 megabyte download


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Photos by Boyd Shearer Jr.

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2003 Cumberland Gap
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