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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 .
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 .
The largest southern spruce–fir stand is located in the higher elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, stretching from roughly Kuwohi in the west to Mount Guyot in the east. Another significant spruce–fir stand is found atop the Black Mountains, and includes a large stand atop Mount Mitchell.
The crest continues southward across the central section, which contains 6 of the 10 highest summits in the eastern United States, including the highest, Mount Mitchell, and the second-highest, Mount Craig. South of Mount Mitchell, the crest drops to just under 6,000 feet (1,800 m) at Stepp's Gap before rising again to 6,520 feet (1,990 m) at ...
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.
First discovered on Mount Mitchell in 1957, it quickly spread to all fir populations. [17] Fir mortality in Appalachia rose one-hundred-sixtyfold by 1970, eventually killing two-thirds of adult trees. [17] [18] Initial efforts to control the adelgid largely failed, complicating repopulation efforts. [18]
Mount Mitchell State Park ― about 35 miles northeast of Asheville ― is closed from Dec. 5-22 due to parkways closures from N.C. 80 to Craggy Gardens for maintenance. Mount Mitchell is the ...
Major subranges of the Eastern Front include the Black Mountains, Great Craggy Mountains, and Great Balsam Mountains, and its chief summits include Grandfather Mountain 5,964 ft (1,818 m) near the Tennessee-North Carolina border, Mount Mitchell 6,684 ft (2,037 m) in the Blacks, and Black Balsam Knob 6,214 ft (1,894 m) and Cold Mountain 6,030 ft ...