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Cumberland Gap experiences all four seasons. The summers are typically sunny, warm, and humid with average high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s °F (29-32 °C). In the winter months, January through March, temperatures range in the 30s to 40s °F (0s °C) and are
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for its role as a key passageway through the lower central Appalachians.
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1207:"Impact at Cumberland Gap: Where Natural and National History Collide"
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inventory and monitoring programs. There are 15 various
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1177:"Profile for Cumberland Gap National Historical Park"
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List of mountain passes in the Appalachian Mountains
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Bat Cave and Cascade Caverns State Nature Preserves
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Union soldiers passing through Cumberland Gap, 1863
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1980:Highlands Museum and Discovery Center
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1950:David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum
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1900:Bell County Coal House & Museum
1600:"Cumberland Gap, Gateway of Empire"
1598:Kincaid, Robert L. (January 1941).
1441:. U.S. Department of Transportation
1435:"Back In Time - The Cumberland Gap"
1123:. University of Kentucky, Lexington
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1970:Harland Sanders Café & Museum
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2015:Morgan County History Museum
1960:Elkhorn City Railroad Museum
1955:East Kentucky Science Center
1769:Levi Jackson Wilderness Road
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627:Battle of the Cumberland Gap
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1985:Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
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1734:Dawkins Line Rail Trail
1409:"Cumberland Gap Tunnel"
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1856:Cumberland Mountains
1413:Roadstothefuture.com
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691:Construction of the
615:George Caleb Bingham
593:Transylvania Company
313:Cumberland Mountains
285:Show map of Kentucky
254:Show map of Virginia
138:Cumberland Mountains
2883:Valleys of Virginia
2838:Valleys of Kentucky
2203:Dog Slaughter Falls
2040:Swamp Valley Museum
1965:F.M. Stafford House
1940:Coal Miners' Museum
1789:Pine Mountain Trail
1689:Visitor attractions
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737:Biology and ecology
574:Rose Hill, Virginia
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2396:Delaware Water Gap
2386:Cumberland Narrows
2213:Middlesboro crater
2020:Mountain Homeplace
1975:Hensley Settlement
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2443:Mechanicsburg Gap
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2744:Newfound Gap
2649:Carter Notch
2601:Turner's Gap
2596:Thornton Gap
2586:Snickers Gap
2581:Rockfish Gap
2561:Manassas Gap
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2448:Moccasin Gap
2438:Loysburg Gap
2299:Mayo Mansion
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2147:Grayson Lake
2066:Daniel Boone
1764:Kingdom Come
1754:Greenbo Lake
1749:Grayson Lake
1724:Carter Caves
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2679:Evans Notch
2556:Maggoty Gap
2536:Fishers Gap
2511:Chester Gap
2473:Swatara Gap
2453:The Narrows
2418:Goshen Pass
2309:Nada Tunnel
2248:Yahoo Falls
2208:Eagle Falls
1759:Jenny Wiley
1181:weather.com
1024:Wagon Wheel
1017:Wagon Wheel
670:Ohio Valley
486:discovered
472:astroblemes
427:Middlesboro
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145:Coordinates
72:US 25E
2812:Categories
2714:Hobart Gap
2659:Craven Gap
2629:Balsam Gap
2606:Wilson Gap
2546:Jarman Gap
2526:Deep Notch
2433:Lehigh Gap
2391:Brocks Gap
2378:Water gaps
2243:Yahoo Arch
2228:Raven Rock
2137:Dewey Lake
2105:Reservoirs
2071:Dewey Lake
1824:Interstate
1719:Carr Creek
1614:2011-11-30
1563:1 November
1558:Lyrics.com
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1232:"About Us"
1057:References
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893:newspapers
820:black bear
776:amphibians
631:Union Army
490:in nearby
158:83°40′25″W
155:36°36′15″N
2669:Deals Gap
2654:Cowee Gap
2634:Brock Gap
2576:Pound Gap
2551:Keyes Gap
2541:Fox's Gap
2496:Ashby Gap
2488:Wind gaps
2463:Reeds Gap
2406:Blair Gap
2223:Pound Gap
2076:Jefferson
1533:Ebird.org
1046:Pound Gap
961:, and by
804:songbirds
770:, 89 are
503:Pineville
492:sandstone
476:meteorite
431:Harrogate
404:Tennessee
378:Geography
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333:Tennessee
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