Things To Do

• Ascend 3500 ft to White Rock, have a picnic on the top and stop at the Sand Cave

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•  Tour the Gap Cave with a park ranger and see all the beautiful scenery

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•  Ride bicycles through covered bridges and an old railroad tunnel on Cumberland Gap Greenway

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•  Listen to stories around a campfire at Wilderness Park campground on Saturday nights in the summer

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•  Stand in Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia at the same time at the 1900' high Tri-State Peak

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• Take pictures of the soaring raptors from Pinnacle Overlook at 2440  ft

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•  Watch a movie about the Gap and pioneer life at the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park Visitor Center

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• Explore Civil War sites, Appalachian Hensley settlement and Iron furnace

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• Shop for a perfect gift in the Cumberland Gap Artists' Co-op

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• Walk the Wilderness Road in the footsteps of Daniel Boone, Shawnee Indians and buffaloes

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• Visit the Little Congress Bicycle Museum and Abraham Lincoln Museum

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• Kayak on Cumberland River and boat on Norris Lake

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• Discover Pine Mountain Park, Chained Rock and Pine Mountain Zipline Canopy tour

Events

• 3rd annual Mountain Fiesta - April 19-20, 11

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• Spring Fling Antique, Arts & Crafts show - April 27, 9 - 5, Cumberland Gap

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• Art Extravaganza Festival - June 1, 10 am

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• Genealogy Jamboree - Oct. 18-19

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• Cumberland Mountain Music show

       2nd Saturday  every month 7:30 p.m. $12             at the door

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• Gap Cave Tours - TBD

       Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

       Location: Tours meet at the Daniel Boone          parking area

       Fees: $8.00 for adults, $4.00 for seniors            with senior pass, $4.00 for children aged 5        through 12

• Hensley Settlement Tours - TBD

       Location: Tours depart from the park                  Visitor Center

       Fees: $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for seniors            with senior pass, $5.00 for children aged          5  through 12

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• Saturday Night Campfires

         Wilderness Road Campground                          Amphitheater

         TBD

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• White Rock Ascension Hike

        TBD

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•  Hensley By Eventide

       TBD

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•  Fall Festival, Middlesboro, KY - dates TBD

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• Martin's Station Fall Encampment

        TBD  Wilderness Road State Park

•  Fall Harvest Moon Arts Festival,     TBD

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•  Victorian Christmas, Dec. 7, 10 AM

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