Pound Gap

The Pound Gap of Pine Mountain is on the Virginia/Kentucky border between Jenkins, Kentucky and Pound, Virginia. It served as a passage for early settlers to cross into Kentucky from Virginia. Today, U.S. Route 23 passes through the gap.

Pound Gap
Looking into the gap from the east
Elevation2,392 ft (729 m)
Traversed by US 23
LocationLetcher County, Kentucky /
Wise County, Virginia,
United States
RangeCumberland Mountains
Coordinates37°09′17″N 82°37′58″W
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