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Newfound Gap Road

Newfound Gap
Revised Rockefeller Memorial at Newfound Gap IMG 5140.JPG
Rockefeller Memorial at Newfound Gap
Elevation 5,048 ft (1,539 m)
Traversed by Newfound Gap Road
Appalachian Trail
Location  North Carolina
 Tennessee
 United States
Range Great Smoky Mountains
Coordinates 35°36′40″N 83°25′30″W / 35.6112063°N 83.4248814°W / 35.6112063; -83.4248814Coordinates: 35°36′40″N 83°25′30″W / 35.6112063°N 83.4248814°W / 35.6112063; -83.4248814
Topo map USGS Clingmans Dome

Newfound Gap Road
Route information
Maintained by NPS
Length: 31.6 mi (50.9 km)
Major junctions
South end: US 441 in Cherokee
North end: US 441 in Gatlinburg
Location
States: North Carolina, Tennessee
Counties: Swain, NC; Sevier, TN
Highway system

Newfound Gap (el. 5048 ft./1539 m.) is a mountain pass located near the center of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States of America. Situated along the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, the state line crosses the gap, as does Newfound Gap Road (which overlaps U.S. Route 441 through the park and ends at the park's boundaries near Gatlinburg, Tennessee and Cherokee, North Carolina). The Appalachian Trail also traverses the gap, as do a small number of other hiking trails.

Newfound Gap is also home to the Rockefeller Memorial, a popular destination within the national park and the site from where former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt formally dedicated the park on September 2, 1940.

According to the National Weather Service, Newfound Gap has around 19 snowy days per year, comparable to 18 at Minneapolis, Minnesota. From 1991 to 2005, annual snowfall ranged from 43.5 inches (110 cm) to 106 inches (270 cm).


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