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Mount Mitchell, known in Cherokee as Attakulla, 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 .
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 ...
- 6,684 ft (2,037 m)
- Blue Ridge Mountains
Pilot Mountain, a metamorphic quartzite monadnock rising to a peak 2,421 feet (738 m) above sea level, is one of the most distinctive natural features in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is a remnant of the ancient chain of Sauratown Mountains.
- 2,421 ft (738 m)
- USGS Pinnacle
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mountain's summit, Mount Mitchell became the state's first park and the first park in the southeastern United States. Today the North Carolina State Parks system covers 225,000 acres from the mountains to the sea.
Section Information. In 1934, the North Carolina portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway was divided into 24 short sections by which to manage planning and construction. Almost all of the available Parkway historical materials digitized for Driving Through Time are, therefore, identified according to their Parkway section.
Mount Mitchell is the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains (and 2nd highest in all of eastern North America, Barbeau Peak is the highest). It is located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina, in the Appalachian subrange of the Black Mountains, and about 40 kilometres or 25 miles north of Asheville. It is protected by Mount ...
Pilot Mountain State Park
