Tri-State Peak - Cumberland Gap NP
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N 36° 36.046 W 083° 40.521
17S E 260693 N 4053918
Tthe summit of Tri-States Peak in the Cumberland Gap National Park and is the point where Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky state boundaries meet.
Waymark Code: WMD49C
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2011
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From Wikipedia:
"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 tri-point of the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.
The elevation at the tri-state marker is 1,990 feet (607 m). 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 from the park's visitor's center.
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."
The American Society of Civil Engineers plaque reads:
National Historic
Civil Engineering Landmark
Royal Colonial Boundary
Of 1665
Original Survey, begun Atlantic Ocean 1728
Survey Reached Mississippi River 1819
Designated 1989>
For detail of the locations of the benchmarks, see:
GA3599 - VIRGINIA CORNER 2 RES
GA3598 - VIRGINIA CORNER 1893
More Information:
Wikipedia -
Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665
Wikipedia -
List of Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks