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Historic area in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, U. S.

The Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at the border between Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, centered on the Cumberland Gap, a natural break in the Appalachian Mountains. The park lies in parts of Bell and Harlan counties in Kentucky, Claiborne County in Tennessee, and Lee County in Virginia. The park contains the Kentucky Virginia Tennessee tripoint, accessible via trail. The Cumberland Gap Visitor Center is located on U. S. Highway 25E just southeast of the city of Middlesboro, Kentucky, and just northwest of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel and the town of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The visitor center features a museum with interactive exhibits about the Gap's role as a transportation corridor, an auditorium that shows films about the area's cultural and natural history, a book store and the Cumberland Crafts gift shop with crafts from Appalachia.

The park covers and is among the largest national parks in the eastern United States. As of 2010, of this was designated as Recommended Wilderness. At the northeastern end, the park sits adjacent to the Sillalah Creek Wildlife Management Area and the Martin's Fork Wildlife Management Area and State Natural Area. The surrounding states purchased and deeded the land of the park to the federal government in 1955, and the official opening took place in 1959. In 1992, the park purchased the area surrounding Gap Cave, which had previously been privately owned. As of 2010 there were plans to acquire an additional of land surrounding the lake.

The park includes a visitor center, renovated in 2004, which features a museum and auditorium, providing exhibits on the areas cultural and natural history, as well as book and gift shops. Guided tours of the Hensley Settlement and Gap Cave are provided from the tourist center. There are 85 mile (137 km) of hiking trails, ranging from shorter routes such as the 2.6 mile (4 km) Sugar Run Trail, to the 21 mile (34 km) Ridge Trail, which spans the park and reaches an elevation of 3513 feet (1071 m). The nearby Wilderness Road Campground includes 160 campsites.

The park saw 737,547 visitors in 2017, according to statistics by the National Park Service. Peak rates of visitation normally occur during the seasons of spring, summer and fall.

In 2017, the park received the Keeper of the Light Award from the Southeast Region of the National Park Service, which recognizes excellence in education. In 2016, the United States Mint released a commemorative quarter as part of the America the Beautiful series honoring the park.