For unbeatable views of the mountains, pay a visit to Mount Mitchell State Park. Home to the highest mountain east of the Mississippi River (6,684 feet), it’s one of the parkway’s most popular ...

The mountain is also given to weather extremes ... That was the impetus to create Mount Mitchell State Park.” A bill introduced in the state legislature in 1915 made Mount Mitchell the first ...

ASHEVILLE - Hungry hikers and thirsty sightseers traversing the highest mountain in the East can ... the history and heritage of Mount Mitchell State Park as the new operators of its high-elevatio ...

At the end of the 2019 season, the restaurant at Mount Mitchell State Park closed for renovations ... panoramic views near the top of the highest mountain East of the Mississippi River.

I n 2019, the restaurant at Mount Mitchell State Park in Burnsville, North Carolina was closed for renovations. The park is one of the biggest draws in the state because the captivating mountain ...

The mountain’s prominence goes back 181 years ... The legislature authorized Mount Mitchell State Park and appropriated $20,000 ($472,000 in today’s dollars) for land. On March 21, 1916 ...

launched an effort in 1915 to protect the mountain’s summit from intensive logging, and by the end of 1916, 795 acres had been acquired to create what would become Mount Mitchell State Park.

Mount Mitchell State Park in the North Carolina mountains was ... The park did not say how much snow fell Thursday, but the mountain’s weather station reported only about a tenth of an inch ...

The transaction more than doubled the size of Mount Mitchell, the state's first park, namesake to the 6,684-foot-high mountain. Numerous properties south of Mount Mitchell — which is a little more ...