Cowee Gap

Coordinates: 35°05′27″N 83°08′52″W / 35.0909258°N 83.1476479°W / 35.0909258; -83.1476479
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Cowee Gap
Elevation
4,199 ft (1,280 m)[1]
Traversed by US 64
Location North Carolina
 United States
RangeCowee Mountains
Coordinates35°05′27″N 83°08′52″W / 35.0909258°N 83.1476479°W / 35.0909258; -83.1476479
Topo mapUSGS Highlands

Cowee Gap (el. 4,199 ft (1,280 m)) is a

Cashiers in the far southern part of western North Carolina. It is located on the Eastern Continental Divide, which also forms the boundary between Macon and Jackson counties, and between the Cullasaja River and Chattooga River basins (in turn part of the much larger Tennessee and Savannah
basins) to the west and east, respectively.

It is traversed by

to the southeast. The road is known as Cashiers Road toward Highlands and as Highlands Road toward Cashiers, changing names at the gap due to the county line.

Historically, the

Cherokee people
, was fought in the vicinity.

References

  1. ^ "Cowee Gap". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 18, 2014.