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
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of the states of
Kentucky
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,
Tennessee
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, and
Virginia
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.
The elevation at the tri-state marker is . 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 from the park's visitor's center.
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The site also includes a marker denoting the location as being on the "
Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665
The Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665 marked the border between the Colony of Virginia and the Province of Carolina from the Atlantic Ocean westward across North America. The line follows the parallel 36°30′ north latitude that later became a bou ...
," which was marked by the
American Society of Civil Engineers
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.
File:tri-state-peak-bordermarker.jpg, Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665 plaque
File:Tri State Peak Tennessee.jpg, Marker for Tennessee at Tri-State Peak
File:Tripoint marker KY-TN-VA.jpg, Marker for the KY-TN-VA tripoint
See also
*
Tri-state area
References
Borders of Kentucky
Borders of Tennessee
Borders of Virginia
Landforms of Bell County, Kentucky
Landforms of Claiborne County, Tennessee
Landforms of Lee County, Virginia
Border tripoints
Monuments and memorials in Kentucky
Monuments and memorials in Tennessee
Monuments and memorials in Virginia
Mountains of Kentucky
Mountains of Virginia
Mountains of Tennessee
East Tennessee
Eastern Kentucky Coalfield
Southwest Virginia
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