Beech Nursery Gap

Beech Nursery Gap is a mountain saddle in Yancey, North Carolina and has an elevation of 5,404 feet. Beech Nursery Gap is situated nearby to the hamlet Eskota.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Mitchell and Mount Mitchell Museum.

Mount Mitchell

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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 northeast of Asheville.

Mount Mitchell Museum

Museum

Photo: Sweeny, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Craig

Peak

Mount Craig, 6,647 feet, is the second highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and second only to 6,684 feet Mount Mitchell in eastern mainland North America.

Beech Nursery Gap

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 5,404 feet
Category: landform
Location: Yancey, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.76246° or 35° 45′ 45″ north

Longitude

-82.28838° or 82° 17′ 18″ west

Elevation

5,404 feet (1,647 metres)

Open location code

867VQP66+XJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7923621855

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

GeoNames ID

4454702

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Eskota and Cattail Creek Community.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Big Pine Mountain and Mitchell Falls.

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