Newfound Gap
Newfound Gap is at a point where Tennessee meets North
Carolina within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
In 1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt officially dedicated the Park
from this majestic site. The road, completed in 1932, straddles
Tennessee and North Carolina here. Originally, Indian Gap, a
point two miles west, was thought to be the lowest gap in the
mountains, but Newfound Gap was discovered to be lower in
elevation, thus the name.
Newfound Gap is at a point where Tennessee meets North
Carolina within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
In 1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt officially dedicated the Park
from this majestic site. The road, completed in 1932, straddles
Tennessee and North Carolina here. Originally, Indian Gap, a
point two miles west, was thought to be the lowest gap in the
mountains, but Newfound Gap was discovered to be lower in
elevation, thus the name.
Tennessee In The Background
We enjoyed a beautiful day and missed the rain that would
come later in the day.
We enjoyed a beautiful day and missed the rain that would
come later in the day.
Brent Straddles Two States
Good thing he has his passport.
Good thing he has his passport.
Brent Had To Climb This
This is the Rockefeller Memorial which honors a $5 million
donation from the Rockefeller Foundation to help complete
land acquisitions to bring about the creation of the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.
This is the Rockefeller Memorial which honors a $5 million
donation from the Rockefeller Foundation to help complete
land acquisitions to bring about the creation of the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.
Journeys
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Newfound Gap
