Briar Bottom Recreation Area

Briar Bottom Recreation Area is in South Toe Township, Yancey, North Carolina and has an elevation of 3,045 feet. Briar Bottom Recreation Area is situated nearby to the peak Mount Mitchell.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Mitchell and Roaring Fork Falls.

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 is situated 2½ miles northwest of Briar Bottom Recreation Area.

Roaring Fork Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Gary Stevens, CC BY 2.0.

Roaring Fork Falls, also called Roaring Creek Falls, is a waterfall in the Pisgah National Forest, in North Carolina. Roaring Fork Falls is situated 2 miles east of Briar Bottom Recreation Area.

Briar Bottom Recreation Area

Also known as: “Briar Bottom Group Recreation Site”
Location: South Toe Township, Yancey, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.74956° or 35° 44′ 58″ north

Longitude

-82.22568° or 82° 13′ 32″ west

Elevation

3,045 feet (928 metres)

Open location code

867VPQXF+RP

GeoNames ID

4457066

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