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Black Mountain is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,426 at the 2020 United States census . [ 4 ] It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University and the headquarters of the disaster and medical relief organization Samaritan's Purse. The population was 19,092 at the 2020 census. [5]
Mountain Elevation General area Coordinates Named after Mount Mitchell: 6,684 ft/2,037 m South-central Blacks 35.76497, −82.265152 Elisha Mitchell (1793–1857), professor and surveyor Mount Craig: 6,647 ft/2,026 m South-central Blacks 35.777584, −82.261759 Locke Craig (1860–1925), North Carolina governor Balsam Cone: 6,611 ft/2,015 m
Swannanoa is located in eastern Buncombe County between Asheville and Black Mountain. Interstate 40 passes through the main commercial area of Swannanoa.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.4 square miles (16.7 km 2), of which 6.4 square miles (16.6 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 0.53%, is water.
Intheoaks, also known as In-the-oaks, is a historic estate and a national historic district located at Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.The district encompasses nine contributing buildings, two contributing sites, seven contributing structures, and four contributing objects associated with a country estate of the 1920s.
Mountain bikers take a break near the summit of Black Mountain. A waterfall in Pisgah National Forest, which can be reached from Butter Gap Trail. Pisgah National Forest is a popular place for many activities, such as hiking, backpacking , road biking, mountain biking , fishing, and rock climbing .
The first North Carolina Highway 192 (NC 192) was established as a new primary routing between NC 19, in Mill Spring, and US 74/NC 20, in Lake Lure. [3] In 1931, NC 192 was extended southeast from Mill Spring along new primary routing to the South Carolina state line, where it continued as SC 177 towards Spartanburg . [ 4 ]
The 20 highest summits of North Carolina with at least 160 feet of topographic prominence; Rank Summit Mountain Range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Mount Mitchell [2] [a] Black Mountains: 6,684 ft 2037 m: 6,094 ft 1857 m: 1,189 mi 1,913 km 2