Mount Mitchell State Park
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Mount Mitchell State Park is a 4,789-acre North Carolina state park in Yancey County, North Carolina in the United States. Located at the end of NC 128 off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Burnsville, Nort
Mount Mitchell sign
Observation deck on the peak of Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell State Park Office
Mount Mitchell
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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 Caro
Mount Mitchell State Park
…North Carolina in the United States. Located at the end of NC 128 off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Burnsville, North Carolina, it includes the peak of Mount Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi River. Established in 1915 by the state legislature, it became the first state park of North Carolina. The…
Mount Mitchell, viewed from the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina
Surveyor's mark embedded in the observation tower notes the elevation of 6684-feet above sea level
Fall foliage at Mount Mitchell