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Mount Mitchell (Attakulla in Cherokee) [3] is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland North America east of the Mississippi River.It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina in the Black Mountain subrange of the Appalachians about 19 miles (31 km) northeast of Asheville.
In addition to Mount Mitchell itself, the park encompasses several other peaks which top out at over 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in elevation, including Mount Hallback, Mount Craig (just 52 feet (16 m) shy of Mount Mitchell in elevation and the second highest peak east of the Mississippi River), Big Tom and Balsam Cone. Trails lead to all these ...
Mount Washington is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire.It is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 ft (1,916.6 m) and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River.
The highest village on Tutuila island (and American Samoa) is the village of A'oloau [3] — A'oloau is at an elevation of 1,340 feet (410 meters), [2] and had a population of 615 as of 2010. [4] The highest peak in American Samoa is Lata Mountain at an elevation of 3,163 feet (964 meters). [5]
Mount Le Conte is the highest mountain entirely within Tennessee and the tallest mountain east of the Rocky Mountains, measured from base to summit. In peak bagging terminology in the United States , the Southern Sixers refers to the group of mountains in the southern states of North Carolina and Tennessee with elevations above sea level of at ...
In 1881–82 the U.S. Geological Survey upheld Mitchell's measurements and officially named his peak Mt. Mitchell. At 6,684 feet or 2,037 metres high, Mt. Mitchell is the highest point east of the Mississippi River. Tomb of Elisha Mitchell on the peak of Mount Mitchell
[10] [11] Mount Mitchell, in Mount Mitchell State Park, is the highest mountain east of the Mississippi River and lies just outside the boundary of Pisgah National Forest. The forest also includes tracts surrounding the city of Asheville, the city of Brevard and land in the French Broad River Valley.
Mount Mitchell at 6,684 feet (2,037 m), within Mount Mitchell State Park in Yancey County, is the highest point in the United States east of the Mississippi River. [4] The Black Mountains , of which Mt. Mitchell is a part, contains five of the 10 highest peaks east of the Mississippi, all over 6,400 ft (2,000 m).