Wilderness Road

We're staying at the Wilderness Road Campground in The Cumberland Gap National Historic Park. The campground is laid out very well.  Most of the campsites are placed well apart from each other giving a sense of privacy you don't often find in most RV sites. Theres a good bit of dense forest all around breaking up the view to your camp neighbors.  Being a National Park, great care was taken to respect the grounds.  Level RV spots were not a priority, most require ramps or blocks.  Our campsite was near enough that we only needed the ramps on one of the rear wheels.  There are Electrical hook-ups at only 41 of the 160 campsites, and there is a water spigot available on each of the campground loops.  The restroom and shower facilities are worthy of a National Park . If you could see past the trees, we're barely a mile east of the gap in Virginia.  From the Wilderness Road, about a half mile from our campsite where it crosses over the Tennessee line, you can see the gap quite well.

We set out this morning to explore the area and took the first road we came upon.  It led down to the Town of Cumberland Gap. Historically the spot was settled in 1888 as a work camp for Iron production, there is a trail on the edge of town leading to the Iron Furnace directly below our vantage point here.

We made our way back out to the highway and through the tunnel into Kentucky where the Main Visitors center is.  From there we followed a steep and winding road to the Pinnacle Overlook.  The panoramic photo below says more than I ever could.  Tennessee on the left, Kentucky to the right, standing at the Pinnacle Overlook in Virginia.

We'll be making our way back towards home tomorrow, next stop is Cedars of Lebanon State Park.  God willing and a good signal, I'll get another post in soon.  Cheers!