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Increase in camping rates at the Wilderness Road campground
Effective June 1, 2013, camping rates will increase. Tent sites will increase to $14.00 per night and RV sites with electrical hookup will increase to $20.00 per night. Group camp sites will increase to $35.00 per night.
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Special Program offered in place of Hensley tour on June 16
The regularly scheduled Hensley tour will not be offered on June 16 but will be replaced by a special Father's Day program. The road to the Hensley Settlement will be open to visitors and living history demonstrations will be offered. More »
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Cave Tour Alert!
White Nose Syndrome is a disease that is killing bats in great numbers and has been found in park caves. While visiting Gap Cave please do not wear or bring anything that has been in other caves. Skylight Cave is currently closed.
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Civil War Event Cancelled
Invisible Souls: Behind the Veil of the Civil War, a special event showcasing stories of the Civil War October 4, 5, and 6, 2013 has been cancelled. Please call the park visitor center at (606) 248-2817, extension 1075 for more information.
Cumberland Gap Wildland Fire Module
Wildland firefighters NPS Photo The Cumberland Gap Fire Use Module (commonly referred to as CuGa FUM), is based in the beautiful mountains of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. The goal of CuGa FUM is to provide a highly skilled professional and technical resource for prescribed fire, wildland fire use, and wildland fire suppression assignments. The Cumberland Gap Fire Use Module is a 7 person crew that was established in 2001. The Module is based in the National Park Service’s Southeast Fire Management Program and is a national resource. This means that, although most of their prescribed fire and fuels projects are based in the southeast, they are available to respond to and assist with incidents anywhere in the country. Cumberland Gap Fire Use Module is one of only two Fire Use Modules in the southeast region. The fire season usually starts in the beginning of January and runs through mid-November. During the busy fire season module crew members are often home as little as one hundred days a year! CuGa FUM’s year typically consists of prescribed burning preparation and implementation assignments in the spring and fall with the majority of the module’s time spent assisting our hosting parks. Although the module will provide interagency assistance, it is assigned to help parks with smaller fire staffing in the southeast complete fuels treatments. These parks include but are not limited to: Big South Fork National Recreation Area, Congaree National Park, Cow Pens National Battlefield, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, and Mammoth Cave National Park. During the summer when the module is not burning they spend their time supporting national incidents and disasters; wildland fire use incidents (WFU’s), wildfire suppression, prescribed fire and fuels projects. |
Did You Know?
Between 1775 and 1810 some 300,000 settlers crossed Cumberland Gap and began settling the land west of the Appalachians. These brave pioneers were following dreams of prosperity in the wilderness of Kentucky.