It is traversed by U.S. Route 64 at a sharp switchback, at and just north of which can be seenWhiteside Mountain 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.
cowee, mountain, pass, located, between, highlands, cashiers, southern, part, western, north, carolina, located, eastern, continental, divide, which, also, forms, boundary, between, macon, jackson, counties, between, cullasaja, river, chattooga, river, basins,. Cowee Gap el 4 199 ft 1 280 m is a mountain pass located between Highlands and 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 Cowee GapThe pass is between Jackson and Macon countiesElevation4 199 ft 1 280 m 1 Traversed byUS 64Location North Carolina United StatesRangeCowee MountainsCoordinates35 05 27 N 83 08 52 W 35 0909258 N 83 1476479 W 35 0909258 83 1476479Topo mapUSGS HighlandsIt is traversed by U S Route 64 at a sharp switchback at and just north of which can be seen Whiteside Mountain 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 Battle of Cowee Gap between early settlers and the Cherokee people was fought in the vicinity References edit Cowee Gap Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Retrieved July 18 2014 nbsp This North Carolina road or road transport related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cowee Gap amp oldid 1113877226, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,