The Cumberland Gap National Historical Park quarter is the second in 2016, and the 32nd overall in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. The buffalo, the Native American, the lone hunter, the pioneer . . . they all traveled through Cumberland Gap, the first gateway to the West, into the wilderness of Kentucky. Modern day explorers and travelers stand in awe at this great break in the Appalachian Mountain chain, carved by wind and water.
The reverse (tails) design features a frontiersman gazing across the mountains to the West. Inscriptions are "CUMBERLAND GAP," "KENTUCKY," "2016", "E PLURIBUS UNUM", and "FIRST DOORWAY TO THE WEST."
Mintage:
| Philadelphia | Denver | San Francisco | Clad Proof | Silver Proof |
| 215,400,000 | 223,200,000 | 975,220 | 660,215 | 479,657 |