Mount Mitchell State Park
Mount Mitchell State Park is a park in Yancey, North Carolina and has an elevation of 6,352 feet. Mount Mitchell State Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Eskota, as well as near Cattail Creek Community.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 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 State Park
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Mount Mitchell Wildlife Management Area”
- Location: Yancey, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.77095° or 35° 46′ 15″ northLongitude
-82.26318° or 82° 15′ 47″ westElevation
6,352 feet (1,936 metres)Open location code
867VQPCP+9PGeoNames ID
4480592
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