Middle Fork Rock Creek

Middle Fork Rock Creek is a stream in Yancey, North Carolina and has an elevation of 3,783 feet. Middle Fork Rock Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Busick, as well as near Hamrick.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Mitchell and Mount Craig.

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 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.

Mount Mitchell Museum

Museum

Photo: Sweeny, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Middle Fork Rock Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Yancey, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.76678° or 35° 46′ 0″ north

Longitude

-82.23984° or 82° 14′ 23″ west

Elevation

3,783 feet (1,153 metres)

Open location code

867VQQ86+P3

GeoNames ID

4479121

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