Newfound Gap

Newfound Gap
Rockefeller Memorial at Newfound Gap
Elevation	5,048 ft (1,539 m)[1]
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; -83.4248814
Topo map	USGS Clingmans Dome
Newfound Gap Road Route information Maintained by NPS Length 31.6 mi[2] (50.9 km) Major junctions South end US 441 in Cherokee North end US 441 in Gatlinburg Location Country United States States North Carolina, Tennessee Counties Swain, NC; Sevier, TN Highway system Scenic Byways National National Forest BLM NPS Tennessee State Routes Interstate US State North Carolina Highway System Interstate US State Scenic

Newfound Gap (el. 5,048 feet (1,539 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. 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 few other hiking trails.

Newfound Gap is home to the Rockefeller Memorial, a popular destination within the national park and the site from where President Franklin D. Roosevelt formally dedicated the park on September 2, 1940.^[3] According to the National Weather Service, Newfound Gap has around 19 snowy days per year. From 1991 to 2005, annual snowfall ranged from 43.5 inches (110 cm) to 106 inches (270 cm).^[4]