Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell rises to 2,038 m in North Carolina. Mount Craig stands 2,023 m to the north-northeast, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt Mitchell Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.0 miles off.
The story
Mount Mitchell (Attakulla in Cherokee) 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. Mount Mitchell is ranked 31st by topographic isolation.
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Wikidata Q615337, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2038 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 15.3 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 15.4 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls: 0.8 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 1.3 mi
- Galvladi Falls: 2.2 mi
- Setrock Creek Falls: 2.3 mi
- Middle Creek Falls: 2.4 mi
- Mount Craig: 0.9 mi
- Commissary Hill: 0.9 mi
- Big Tom: 1.1 mi
- Hallback: 1.3 mi
- Big Pine Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 8.0 mi
- Toe River Campground: 8.2 mi
- Welsh Field: 8.6 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 10.5 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 10.7 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.7 mi
- Otway Burns: 10.7 mi
- Friends: 10.6 mi
- Stream: 10.6 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 10.6 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 10.7 mi
- Rock Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 6.5 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 9.3 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 10.1 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 10.6 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 14.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 0.1 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 10.5 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 10.6 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 10.6 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 10.7 mi
- Terrace garden: 5.7 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 5.9 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 12.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.8 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 7.2 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 7.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 18.7 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 6.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 19.5 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 22.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 23.2 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 4.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 4.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 12.4 mi
- Gully Pipe: 20.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 21.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 0.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 4.4 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 15.2 mi
- Boat beach: 21.7 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.3 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Lost Cove: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Mount Mitchell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Craig | NNE 12° | 2,023 m | 0.9 mi |
| Balsam Cone | NNE 17° | 2,007 m | 1.8 mi |
| Big Tom | NNE 16° | 2,002 m | 1.1 mi |
| Cattail Peak | NNE 11° | 1,986 m | 2.3 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | SSW 210° | 1,981 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | SSW 212° | 1,971 m | 2.1 mi |
| Potato Knob | SSW 211° | 1,946 m | 2.8 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNE 14° | 1,942 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357802737
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- Asheville · 21 mi
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