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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 .
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 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 .
Mount Mitchell is a mountain located in Skamania County in Washington state. On a clear day the summit provides excellent views of four of the Cascade's most massive volcanoes: Mount Rainier , Mount Adams , Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens , [ 3 ] which rises 11.7 miles (18.8 km) to the north.
In 2016, The Conservation Fund celebrated the centennial of the N.C. State Park System and Mount Mitchell by purchasing 2,744 acres in the Black Mountains adjacent to Mitchell and giving the land ...
Mount Mitchell is a mountain in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located southwest of Mount Hood in the Roaring River Wilderness on the Mount Hood National Forest. The mountain was named for Roy Mitchell, a veteran of World War I who died fighting a wild fire. Prior to 1923 the mountain had been known as Oak Grove mountain ...
Summit elevations include Black Balsam Knob at 6,214 feet (1,894 m), Mount Hardy at 6,110 feet (1,860 m), Tennant Mountain at 6,056 feet (1,846 m), and Cold Mountain at 6,030 feet (1,840 m). [ 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 ...
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 ...