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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 of the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Tri-State Peak
The summit of Tri-State Peak
Highest point
Elevation	1,990 ft (610 m)[1]
Coordinates	36°36′03″N 83°40′28″W
Geography
Location	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Bell County, Kentucky, Claiborne County, Tennessee, and Lee County, Virginia, United States
Parent range	Cumberland Mountains
Climbing
Easiest route	Tri-State Peak Trail

The elevation at the tri-state marker is 1,990 feet (610 m).[2] 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 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the park's visitor's center.[3]

The site also includes a marker denoting the location as being on the "Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665," which was marked by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

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  Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665 plaque
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  Marker for Tennessee at Tri-State Peak
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  Marker for the KY-TN-VA tripoint

See also

• Tri-state area

References

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