Neels Gap, Georgia
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Neels Gap (also known as Frogtown Gap, Frogtown Pass, Neel Gap, and Walasi-yi) is a divide along the
Blue Ridge Mountains The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States, and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsylvania through Maryland, West Virgin ...
at the base of the
Frogtown Creek Frogtown Creek is a stream in Lumpkin County, Georgia, in the United States. Frogtown is the figurative English translation of the Cherokee language name, which literally means "frog place". An Indian village once stood near the creek's bank. See ...
in the counties of
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and Lumpkin in the U.S. state of Georgia. The divide is located approximately northeast of Dahlonega. The gap was named after W. R. Neel, a government surveyor.


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Walasi-Yi Interpretive Center The Walasi-Yi Interpretive Center is a small stone building located along US 19/ 129 at Neels Gap, Georgia, United States, on the eastern side of Blood Mountain. It is notable as the only place where the 2,175-mile-long Appalachian Trail passes t ...


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Appalachian Trail Geography of Union County, Georgia Geography of Lumpkin County, Georgia Valleys of Georgia (U.S. state) Drainage divides {{UnionCountyGA-geo-stub