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Snow also likely fell at the top of Mount Mitchell Tuesday night. The mountain is still without power, and its webcam and weather station have been offline since Helene hit on Sept. 27.. Nearly ...
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 .
Mount Mitchell State Park is a 4,789-acre (1,938 ha) [1] North Carolina state park in Yancey County, North Carolina in the United States. Established in 1915 by the state legislature, it became the first state park of North Carolina. By doing so, it also established the North Carolina State Parks System within the same bill.
The Black Mountains are home to Mount Mitchell State Park, which protects the range's highest summits in the central section of the range. Much of the range is also protected by the Pisgah National Forest. The Blue Ridge Parkway passes along the range's southern section, and is connected to the summit of Mount Mitchell by North Carolina Highway ...
Mount Mitchell is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River, towering at an elevation of 6,684 feet. By comparison, Asheville sits at about 2,200 feet elevation. The Blue Ridge Parkway was ...
Mount Mitchell State Park ― North Carolina's first state park, founded in 1915 ― is 30 miles northeast of Asheville in Yancey County off the Blue Ridge Parkway. It's the highest point east of ...
North Carolina Highway 128 (NC 128) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It runs from the Blue Ridge Parkway ( mile marker 355) to Mount Mitchell State Park . Reaching an elevation of over 6,400 feet (2,000 m), it is the highest (of any) road or highway east of the Mississippi River .
Mitchell Falls is a 25-foot (7.6 m) waterfall located in Yancey County, North Carolina on the slope of Mount Mitchell, the highest mountain in the Appalachian Mountain chain and highest point in the eastern United States.