Tri-State Peak | |
Elevation Ft: | 1990 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Location: | Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Bell County, Kentucky, Claiborne County, Tennessee, and Lee County, Virginia, United States |
Range: | Cumberland Mountains |
Coordinates: | 36.6008°N -83.6744°W |
Easiest Route: | Tri-State Peak Trail |
Tri-State Peak is a mountain located in the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, near the "saddle" of the gap. It gets its name from being on the tripoint of the state of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.
The elevation at the tri-state marker is 1990feet.[2] The marker can be accessed via the "tri-state peak trail," (via connections with the Gap trail and the Object Lesson Road trail) and is about 1.2miles from the park's visitor's center.[3]
The site also includes a marker denoting the location as being on the "Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665," which was marked by the American Society of Civil Engineers.