Mount Mitchell

SummitNorth Carolina, United States

6,683ftElevation
6,089ftProminence

About Mount Mitchell

Mount Mitchell 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. It is protected by Mount Mitchell State Park and surrounded by the Pisgah National Forest.

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68°/46°
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35.7649° N, 82.2651° WOpenStreetMapGoogle Maps

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