Neels Gap

{{Short description|Mountain pass in Georgia, United States}}

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|name=Neels Gap

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|range=Blue Ridge Mountains

|photo=Walasi-Yi Inn, Neels Gap, GA, Front.JPG

|photo_caption=Walasi-Yi Inn in Neels Gap

|traversed={{jct|state=GA|US|19|US|129|SR|11}}

|location=Union and Lumpkin counties, Georgia, United States

|coordinates={{coord|34.734814|-83.917965|format=dms|region:US-GA_type:mountain-pass|name=Neels Gap}}

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Neels Gap (also known as Frogtown Gap, Frogtown Pass, Neel Gap, and Walasi-yi) is a divide along the Blue Ridge Mountains at the base of the Frogtown Creek in the counties of Union and Lumpkin in the U.S. state of Georgia. The divide is located approximately {{convert|14.5|mi|km}} northeast of Dahlonega.{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=154:3:2648874024363574::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:356662%2CNeels%20Gap|title=GNIS Detail - Neel Gap|work=Geographic Names Information System|publisher=United States Geological Survey|accessdate=2011-12-29}}

The gap was named after W. R. Neel, a government surveyor.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/n.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=157 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}