Cumberland Mountains

The Cumberland Mountains are a mountain range in the southeastern section of the Appalachian Mountains. They are located in eastern middle Tennessee, western Virginia, southwestern West Virginia, and the eastern edges of Kentucky, including the Crab Orchard Mountains. High Knob, the highest peak, has an elevation of 4,223 feet (1,287 m) above mean sea level and is located near Norton, Virginia.
 
The United States Geological Survey shows the Cumberland Mountain range to be 131 miles (211 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide, bounded by the Russell Fork on the northeast, the Pound River and Powell River on the southeast, Cove Creek on the southwest, and Tackett Creek, the Cumberland River, Poor Fork Cumberland River, and Elkhorn Creek on the northwest. The crest of the range forms the Kentucky and Virginia boundary from the Tennessee border to the Russell Fork River.
 
Alternative names of the Cumberland Mountains include Cumberland Mountain, Cumberland Range, Ouasioto Mountains, Ouasiota Mountains, Laurel Mountain, and Pine Mountain. They are named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.
 
The Cumberland Mountains range includes Pine Mountain, Cumberland Mountain, Log Mountain, Cross Mountain, Little Black Mountain, and Black (Big Black) Mountain, as well as others.