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Cumberland Gap Tennessee Map

Explore Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee

How to Use This Cumberland Gap, Tennessee Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Tennessee or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Cumberland Gap.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Cumberland Gap
State	Tennessee (TN)
County	Claiborne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	36.599527
Longitude	-83.668525
Population	313
Density	367.3 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	37724
Area Code	865
County Seat	Tazewell
School District	Claiborne County School District

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About Cumberland Gap, Tennessee

Cumberland Gap is a locality in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States. It is a small community with a population of 313. The population density is 367.3 people per km². Cumberland Gap is located at 36.5995°N, 83.6685°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Cumberland Gap is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 37724.

Cumberland Gap occupies a rugged corridor where the earth seems to pinch upward, defined largely by the steady, persistent flow of Gap Creek as it carves through the limestone foundation. It lies 8.3 miles north-northwest of Claiborne, TN (from Claiborne, TN: bearing 347°T), and is situated 2.6 miles east-southeast of Middlesborough. The landscape here is characterized by the deep, narrow incline of Lewis Hollow, where the shadows linger long after the sun has crested the surrounding ridges. While the distant Appalachian Mountains provide a jagged, hazy silhouette on the horizon, the immediate terrain remains dominated by dense, terrestrial textures and the quiet, heavy air of the interior highlands. Even in the height of summer, the light filters through the canopy with a muted, silver quality that highlights the sharp angles of the limestone and the persistent, cool dampness rising from the creek bed.

Cumberland Gap maintains a character forged by the passage of travelers who once relied on this natural corridor to navigate the interior of the continent. The local economy persists in the rhythm of a small, inland society, supported by the proximity of sites like the Harrogate Little League, which serves as a center for the daily life of families in the vicinity. Residents look toward the more expansive woods of the Kentucky Ridge State Forest for recreation, or travel toward the waters of Norris Lake when the heat of the afternoon demands a change of scenery. The Ridge Trail offers a vantage point over this corridor, tracing a path through the wilderness that has remained largely unchanged even as the modern world turns its focus toward the distant, hazy peaks of the Appalachian Mountains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pinnacle Overlook (Viewpoint) — 0.4 mi, 011° N
Harrogate Little League (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 145° SE
Harrogate City Park (Local Park) — 2.0 mi, 166° S
Old Lincoln High School Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 292° W
Tackett Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 226° SW
Wilderness Road State Park (State Park) — 4.0 mi, 085° E
Shillalah Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 054° NE
Kentucky Ridge State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 7.4 mi, 349° N
Joseph Martin monument (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 074° E
Pine Mountain State Resort Park (State Park) — 9.4 mi, 348° N
Sharps Chapel (Historic Ruins) — 19.2 mi, 203° SW
The Cedars (State Wilderness) — 23.1 mi, 083° E
Old Lee Highway (Historic Ruins) — 24.7 mi, 144° SE
Redbird Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 24.9 mi, 003° N · 146k acres
Doughboy Statue (Public Artwork) — 25.7 mi, 048° NE
Civil War (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 268° W
Daniel Boone National Forest (National Forest) — 26.6 mi, 274° W · 564k acres
Hawkeye Overlook (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 051° NE
Narrow (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 052° NE
Railhouse (Attraction) — 30.1 mi, 051° NE
Waterfall (Attraction) — 30.6 mi, 052° NE
Sander's Cafe and Museum (Museum) — 34.3 mi, 317° NW
Norris Museum (Museum) — 35.7 mi, 219° SW
Museum of Appalachia (Museum) — 36.4 mi, 218° SW
Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 37.0 mi, 251° W
Stone Face Rock (Monument) — 37.2 mi, 071° E
Lakeway Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 38.3 mi, 151° SE
McHargue's Mill (Museum) — 39.7 mi, 328° NW
Regency Cinema (Cinema) — 42.4 mi, 326° NW
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (National Park) — 57.7 mi, 172° S · 521k acres

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