Mount Mitchell

Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell, viewed from the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina
Highest point
Elevation6,684 ft (2,037 m)[1]
Prominence6,089 ft (1,856 m)[1]
Isolation1,189 miles (1,914 km)
Listing
Coordinates35°45′53″N 82°15′54″W / 35.764839°N 82.2651221°W / 35.764839; -82.2651221[2]
Geography
Mount Mitchell is located in North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell
North Carolina, U.S.
Mount Mitchell is located in the United States
Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell (the United States)
LocationYancey County, North Carolina, U.S.
Parent rangeAppalachian Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Mount Mitchell
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

Mount Mitchell, known in Cherokee as Attakulla (Tsalagi: ᎠᏔᎫᎳ),[3] 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. Mount Mitchell's elevation is 6,684 feet (2,037 m) above sea level.[1] Mount Mitchell is ranked 31st by topographic isolation.

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Mitchell, North Carolina". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  2. ^ "Mount Mitchell". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  3. ^ Bradford, Erin (2019-12-05). "North Carolina Gazetteer". NCpedia. Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2020-11-22.