Average annual temperature on Mount Mitchell can range 10-15 degrees cooler than the Asheville valley, a mere 30 miles away, but about 4,500 feet difference in elevation. The mountain is also ...

By Ron Wilson “All these things happened at Mount Mitchell,” stated one historian: Indians. Cowboys. Settlers. Bleeding ...

Now called the Mount Mitchell Café & Eatery, the restaurant nestled in the Blue Ridge mountains offers panoramic ... showcasing long-range views of the highest peaks in the eastern U.S. BLUE ...

While the Triad area is part of the foothills, we do have a mountain range we can call our own. It includes the landmark ...

1857 Elisha Mitchell fell to his death, as he traversed the Black Mountains in an effort to remeasure and confirm his 1935 assessment concerning the height of present-day Mount Mitchell.

Mount Mitchell State Park in the North Carolina mountains was forced to close Thursday due to snow — a surprising move given tourist are still expecting to see bright fall foliage. They got ice ...

The range's highest peak, Mount Mitchell, is now about three thousand feet lower than Tibet's lowest point. How tall were the pre-Appalachians of Pangaea, though? Well, mountains are limited in ...

In 2016, The Conservation Fund celebrated the centennial of the N.C. State Park System and Mount Mitchell by purchasing 2,744 acres in the Black Mountains adjacent to Mitchell and giving the land to ...

Mount Mitchell Challenge & Black Mountain Marathon – Black Mountain, N.C. At 6,684 feet, Mount Mitchell is the highest peak east of the Mississippi. It isn’t named for Dane Mitchell (Loveland ...

Dishes range from $12-$25 ... including the Mountains-to-Sea State Trail, and allows camping and picnicking in designated areas. Mount Mitchell’s temperature is often lower than the surrounding ...