1967 Map of Cove Creek Gap

About this map

Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Pisgah National Forest converge in this high-altitude corner of Western North Carolina, where the Pigeon River carves a deep valley north toward Tennessee. The landscape is defined by its conservation history, with the Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area occupying the northeastern ridges. The presence of numerous family burial grounds, such as Sutton Cem, Hannah Cem, and Caldwell Cem, indicates the footprint of late 19th and early 20th-century mountain communities that were later incorporated into the federal park system.