NC Gazetteer

Swannanoa Gap

A gap in McDowell County and Buncombe County
… in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the Buncombe-McDowell county line at the W end of Youngs Ridge. Lat. 35°37'20" N., long. 82°16'20" W. One of the two gaps (the other being Hickory Nut Gap) through which early settlers and travelers from the E reached the Asheville plateau. See also Black Mountain Gap.